The Benny Powell Discography (1964-1980)
by Noal Cohen

Generated on Dec 20, 2009

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Note: For conventions and abbreviations used in this discography, please see: Discography Key.


Date: February 28, 1964
Location: The Little Theater, NY
Label: [private recording]

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Dave Burns (t), Benny Powell (tb), Lucky Thompson (ss, ts), Danny Turner (as), Cecil Payne (bar), Hank Jones (p), Richard Davis (b), Al Dreares (d)

a.   Theme - 1:25  (Lucky Thompson) / arr: Lucky Thompson
b.   The World Awakes - 9:53  (Lucky Thompson)
c.   Minuet In Blues - 8:21  (Lucky Thompson) / arr: Lucky Thompson
d.   'Twas Yesterdays (It Was Yesterdays) - 5:57  (Lucky Thompson)
e.   The Fire Bug - 12:20  (Lucky Thompson) / arr: Lucky Thompson
f.   Theme - 1:55  (Lucky Thompson) / arr: Lucky Thompson
All titles on:      Uptown CD: UPCD 27.57/27.58 — Lucky Thompson: New York City, 1964-65   (2009)

Dave Burns (t) on a, c, e-f; Benny Powell (tb) on a, c, e-f; Lucky Thompson (ss) on a-c, f; (ts) on d-e; Danny Turner (as) on a, c, e-f; Cecil Payne (bar) on a, c, e-f; Hank Jones (p) on b-e.

Tracks b and d are quartet performances with Thompson and the rhythm section. This concert was part of the Jazz On Broadway series produced by Dan Morgenstern and David Himmelstein. These tracks are found on disc 1 (UPCD 27.57) of the 2 CD Uptown set. Benny Powell solos on track e.


Date: August 13, 1964
Location: NY
Label: Mercury

Sarah Vaughan (ldr), Wayne Andre, Billy Byers, Dick Hixson, Benny Powell, Britt Woodman (tb), Jerome Richardson (f), Bernard Eichen, Lewis Eley, Emanuel Green, Leo Kruczek, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Gene Orloff, Tosha Samaroff (vn), Barry Galbraith (g), Bob James (p), George Duvivier (b), Bobby Donaldson (d), Willie Rodriguez (per), Frank Foster (dir), Sarah Vaughan (v)

a.32598   Mr. Lucky - 2:29  (Henry Mancini) / arr: Frank Foster
     Verve CD: 314 558 401-2 — Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook   (1998)
     Mercury LP 12": MG 21009/SR 61009 — Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook   (1965)
     Mercury EP: SR 656C   
     Mercury 45: 72334   (1964)
b.32599   The Girl From Ipanema - 2:30  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel) / arr: Frank Foster
     Emarcy CD: 846 330-2 — Masterpieces of Sarah Vaughan   (1993)
     Verve CD: 314 535 528-2 — Wave: Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook   (1996)
     Mercury (Eng.) EP: 10032MCE — Viva Vaughan   (1964)
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 830 714-2 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. IV: The 1960s   (1987)
     Verve CD: 314 549 374-2 — Viva Vaughan   (2001)
     Mercury LP 12": 830 721-1 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4   
     Mercury (Jpn.) LP 12": 18PJ 1078/82 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4 (Part 2)   
     Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6636 224 — Night Song   
     Mercury (Jpn.) LP 12": SFX 10523 — Viva Vaughan   
     Mercury LP 12": MG 20941/SR 60941 — Viva Vaughan   (1964)
     Mercury (Eng.) LP 12": 20046MCL/SMCL — Viva Vaughan   (1964)

Strings are out on Mr. Lucky. The Girl From Ipanema is listed as The Boy From Ipanema.


Date: August 15, 1964
Location: NY
Label: Mercury

Sarah Vaughan (ldr), Wayne Andre, Billy Byers, Dick Hixson, Benny Powell, Kai Winding (tb), Jerome Richardson (f), Bernard Eichen, Lewis Eley, Emanuel Green, Leo Kruczek, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Tosha Samaroff (vn), Bob James (p), Robert Rodriguez (b), Juan Cadavieco, William Correa, Bobby Donaldson, Jose Mangual, Rafael Sierra (per), Frank Foster (dir), Sarah Vaughan (v)

a.33781   A Taste Of Honey - 2:51  (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) / arr: Frank Foster
b.33782   Shiny Stockings - 3:27  (Frank Foster, Ella Fitzgerald) / arr: Frank Foster
     Mercury (Jpn.) CD: PHCE 3020/25 — You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To: Very Best Standards 101   
     Verve CD: 440 065 207-2 — The Diva Series: Sarah Vaughan   (2003)
     Mercury (Fr.) EP: 126184MCE   
c.33783   Night Song - 3:14  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) / arr: Frank Foster
     Mercury (Eng.) LP 12": 20085MCL/SMCL — Pop Artistry   (1965)
d.33784   Stompin' At the Savoy - 2:44  (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb) / arr: Frank Foster
     Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6612 040 — A Touch of Class   (1973)
     Mercury (Fr.) EP: 126184MCE   
e.33785   Fascinating Rhythm - 2:37  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Frank Foster
     Emarcy CD: 846 896-2 — The George Gershwin Songbook, Vol. 2   (1990)
     Mercury (Eng.) EP: 10032MCE — Viva Vaughan   (1964)
f.33786   The Moment Of Truth - 2:39  (Collen G. 'Tex' Satterwhite, Frank Scott) / arr: Frank Foster
     Mercury (Eng.) EP: 10032MCE — Viva Vaughan   (1964)
g.33787   Tea For Two - 2:44  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) / arr: Frank Foster
All titles on:      Mercury CD: 830 714-2 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. IV: The 1960s   (1987)
     Verve CD: 314 549 374-2 — Viva Vaughan   (2001)
     Mercury LP 12": 830 721-1 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4   
     Mercury (Jpn.) LP 12": 18PJ 1078/82 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4 (Part 2)   
     Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6636 224 — Night Song   
     Mercury (Jpn.) LP 12": SFX 10523 — Viva Vaughan   
     Mercury LP 12": MG 20941/SR 60941 — Viva Vaughan   (1964)
     Mercury (Eng.) LP 12": 20046MCL/SMCL — Viva Vaughan   (1964)

Strings are present only on A Taste of Honey, Shiny Stockings and Night Song.


Date: August 18, 1964
Location: NY
Label: Mercury

Sarah Vaughan (ldr), Wayne Andre, Dick Hixson, Benny Powell, Bill Watrous, Kai Winding (tb), Jerome Richardson (f), Bernard Eichen, Lewis Eley, Emanuel Green, Leo Kruczek, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Tosha Samaroff (vn), Bob James (p), Robert Rodriguez (b), Juan Cadavieco, William Correa, Bobby Donaldson, Jose Mangual, Rafael Sierra (per), Frank Foster (dir), Sarah Vaughan (v)

a.33804   Fever - 2:49  (Johnny Davenport, Eddie Cooley) / arr: Frank Foster
     Mercury 45: 72334   (1964)
b.33805   Avalon - 1:48  (Vincent Rose, Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva) / arr: Frank Foster
Both titles on:      Mercury CD: 830 714-2 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. IV: The 1960s   (1987)
     Verve CD: 314 549 374-2 — Viva Vaughan   (2001)
     Mercury LP 12": 830 721-1 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4   
     Mercury (Jpn.) LP 12": 18PJ 1078/82 — The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury, Vol. 4 (Part 2)   
     Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6636 224 — Night Song   
     Mercury (Jpn.) LP 12": SFX 10523 — Viva Vaughan   
     Mercury LP 12": MG 20941/SR 60941 — Viva Vaughan   (1964)
     Mercury (Eng.) LP 12": 20046MCL/SMCL — Viva Vaughan   (1964)

Date: December 17, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Donald Byrd (ldr), Donald Byrd (t, fh), Jimmy Owens, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Henry Coker, J. J. Johnson, Benny Powell (tb), Jim Buffington, Bob Northern (frh), Don Butterfield (tu), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Grant Green (g), Herbie Hancock (p), Freddie Roach (or), Bob Cranshaw (b), Grady Tate (d), unknown (bkv), Coleridge Perkinson (con)

a.1493 (tk. 3)   I'm Tryin' To Get Home - 6:55  (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson
b.1494 (tk. 5)   March Children - 7:05  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
c.1495 (tk. 11)   Brother Isaac - 4:50  (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note (Eu.) CD: 7243 4 94030 2 — Blue 45s (The Ultimate Jukebox)   (1999)
     Blue Note 45: 45-1916   
All titles on:      Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84188 2 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (1989)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 4188 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (1995)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 9529 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (2003)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 6661 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (2006)
     Blue Note (Sp.) LP 12": HBNS-451-08 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   
     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 4188/BST 84188 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (1965)

Herbie Hancock (p) on b-c; Freddie Roach (or) on a-b.

An eight voice choir is present on this session.


Date: December 18, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Donald Byrd (ldr), Donald Byrd (t, fh), Joe Ferrante, Jimmy Owens, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Henry Coker, J. J. Johnson, Benny Powell (tb), Jim Buffington, Bob Northern (frh), Don Butterfield (tu), Grant Green (g), Herbie Hancock (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Grady Tate (d), unknown (per, tmp, tam, bkv), Coleridge Perkinson (con)

a.1496 (tk. 17)   I've Longed and Searched for My Mother - 8:30  (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note 45: 45-1916   
b.1497 (tk. 20)   Noah - 6:55  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
c.1498 (tk. 26)   Pearly Gates - 2:35  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
All titles on:      Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84188 2 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (1989)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 4188 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (1995)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 9529 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (2003)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 6661 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (2006)
     Blue Note (Sp.) LP 12": HBNS-451-08 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   
     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 4188/BST 84188 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home   (1965)

unknown (per) on a; (tmp) on a; (tam) on c.

An eight voice choir is present on this session. Chimes are heard on track a.


Date: January 7, 1965
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Nat Adderley (ldr), Ernie Royal (t), Nat Adderley (c), Benny Powell (bt), Don Butterfield (tu), Seldon Powell (ts, f), Josef Zawinul (p), Sam Jones (b), Grady Tate (d)

a.8464   The Old Country - 4:25  (Nat Adderley, Curtis Lewis)
b.8465   Sermonette - 5:55  (Nat Adderley, Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley)
c.8466   Never Say Yes - 4:25  (Nat Adderley)
All titles on:      Collectables CD: COL-CD-6404 — A Soul Experiment/Autobiography   (2000)
     Collectables CD: COL-1161 — Only the Best of Freddie Hubbard   (2009)
     Atlantic (Fr.) LP 12": 850.008 — Autobiography   
     Atlantic (Eng.) LP 12": 5032 — Autobiography   
     Atlantic LP 12": 1439 — Autobiography   (1965)

Seldon Powell (ts) on a, c; (f) on b-c.

Benny Powell solos on track a.


Date: Probably Fall 1965
Location: NY
Label: Reprise

Benny Carter (ldr), Bill Berry, Ernie Royal, Danny Stiles, Snooky Young (t), Urbie Green, J. J. Johnson, Benny Powell, Kai Winding (tb), Frank Wess (sax), Jerome Richardson (ts, f), Specs Powell (vib), Barry Galbraith (g), Hank Jones (p), George Duvivier (b), Bobby Donaldson (d), Benny Carter (con)

a.   Claudia - 2:54  (Benny Carter) / arr: Benny Carter
b.   Night Walk - 3:53  (Benny Carter) / arr: Benny Carter
Both titles on:      Retrograde CD: FSM 80126-2 — A Man Called Adam   (2007)
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SMJ 7443 — A Man Called Adam   
     Reprise (Fr.) LP 12": CVR 6058 — A Man Called Adam   
     Reprise LP 12": R/RS 6180 — A Man Called Adam   (1966)

The titles are from the soundtrack of the movie "A Man Called Adam." The personnel is incomplete and uncertain and Benny Powell's presence on this session is unconfirmed. There are two versions of Claudia present on Reprise 6180 and its reissues. The longer one (3:54) is performed by a quartet not including Powell.


Date: October 7, 1965
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Patti Labelle (ldr), Ernie Royal (t), Benny Powell (tb), Joe Grimaldi (ts), Billy Butler, Al Gorgoni, Bill Suyker (g), Richard DiGicco, Leroy Glover (p), Russ Saunders (eb), Gary Chester (d), Jack Jennings, Joe Venuto (per), Cindy Birdsong, Sarah Dash, Nona Hendryx, Patti Holte (bkv), Artie Butler (dir), Patti Labelle (v)

a.9372   Patti's Prayer - 2:17  (Bob Finiz) / arr: Artie Butler
     Ichiban Soul Classics CD: 2501 — Over the Rainbow: The Atlantic Years   (1994)
     Atlantic 45: 2333   
b.9373   Groovy Kind of Love - 2:10  (Toni Wine, Carole Bayer) / arr: Artie Butler
     Ichiban Soul Classics CD: 2501 — Over the Rainbow: The Atlantic Years   (1994)
     Atlantic 45: 2318   
c.9374   All Or Nothing - 2:24  (Pamela Sawyer, Lori Burton) / arr: Artie Butler
     Ichiban Soul Classics CD: 2501 — Over the Rainbow: The Atlantic Years   (1994)
     Atlantic 45: 2311   
d.9375   Who Can I Turn To - 3:07  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) / arr: Artie Butler
All titles on:      Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 45001 — Over the Rainbow   (2002)
     Atlantic LP 12": 8119 — Over the Rainbow   (1966)

An eight piece string section was also present on this session. The female backup vocal group was known as The Bluebelles.


Date: November 5, 1965
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Solomon Burke (ldr), Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (t), Benny Powell (tb), Art Kaplan, Seldon Powell (ts), Haywood Henry (bar), Charlie Brown, Eric Gale, Trade Martin (g), Paul Griffin (p), Felix Cavalieri (or), Jimmy Lewis (eb), Herb Lovelle (d), George Devens (per), Leroy Glover (dir), Solomon Burke (v)

a.9483   I Don't Want You No More - 2:46  (Solomon Burke) / arr: Leroy Glover
     Atlantic 45: 2349   
b.9484   Can't Stop Lovin' You Now - 2:23  (Solomon Burke) / arr: Leroy Glover
     Atlantic 45: 2314   
c.9485   Baby Come On Home - 3:17  (Bert Berns, Jimmy Page, Robert Plout) / arr: Leroy Glover
     Rhino CD: R2 70284 — Home In Your Heart   (1992)
     Koch CD: KOC-CD-8016 — I Wish I Knew/King Solomon   (1999)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8158 — King Solomon   (1968)
     Atlantic 45: 2314   
All titles on:      Warner Music/Atlantic (Jpn.) CD: WPCR 25242 — King Solomon   (2007)

A female vocal group was also present on this session.


Date: November 12, 1965
Location: NY
Label: Atco

Ben E. King (ldr), Jimmy Nottingham (t), Benny Powell (tb), Art Kaplan (as, bar), Joe Grimaldi (ts, cl), unknown (str), Eric Gale, Al Gorgoni, Charles Macey (g), Leroy Glover (p), Dick Romoff (eb), Herb Lovelle (d), George Devens, Alvin Rogers (per), Artie Butler, Arif Mardin (dir), Ben E. King (v)

a.9559   I Can't Break the News To Myself  (Larry Harrison, Jimmy T. Williams) / arr: Teacho Wiltshire
b.9560   Goodnight My Love - 2:35  (George Mottola, John Marascalco) / arr: Teacho Wiltshire
     Rhino CD: R2 71215 — Ben E. King: Anthology   (1993)
Both titles on:      Atco 45: 6390   

Date: November 15, 1965
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Barbara Lewis (ldr), Mel Davis, Joe Newman (t), Benny Powell (tb), Paul Winter (sax), Phil Bodner (f), Vinnie Bell, Al Gorgoni, Bill Suyker (g), Leroy Glover (p), Dick Romoff (eb), Gary Chester (d), Jack Jennings (per), Artie Butler (con), Barbara Lewis (v)

a.9649   Don't Forget About Me - 2:30  (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) / arr: Artie Butler
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8286 — The Best of Barbara Lewis   (1971)
     Atlantic 45: 2316   
b.9650   Sorrow  (Gerald Goldstein, Robert Feldman, Richard Gottehrer) / arr: Artie Butler
c.9651   He's So Bad  (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell) / arr: Artie Butler
All titles on:      Atlantic LP 12": 8118/SD 8118 — It's Magic   (1966)

Date: February 24, 1966
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Hubert Laws (ldr), Martin Banks (t, fh), Jimmy Owens (t), Garnett Brown (tb), Benny Powell (tb, bt), Hubert Laws (pic, f), Chick Corea, Rodgers Grant (p), Chris White (b), Ray Lucas (d), Carmelo Garcia (per), Victor Pantoja (cng)

a.9956   Bloodshot - 4:40  (Hubert Laws)
     Atlantic CD: 8122 71636-2 — The Laws of Jazz   (1995)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-7834 — The Laws of Jazz/Flute By-Laws   (2006)
     Atlantic LP 12": 1452 — Flute By-Laws   (1966)
     Atlantic 45: 5077   
b.9957   Mean Lene - 5:15  (Hubert Laws)
     Atlantic CD: 8122 71636-2 — The Laws of Jazz   (1995)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-7834 — The Laws of Jazz/Flute By-Laws   (2006)
     Atlantic LP 12": 1452 — Flute By-Laws   (1966)
c.9958   No, You'd Better Not - 3:32  (Hubert Laws)
     Atlantic CD: 8122 71636-2 — The Laws of Jazz   (1995)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-7834 — The Laws of Jazz/Flute By-Laws   (2006)
     Atlantic LP 12": 1452 — Flute By-Laws   (1966)
d.9959   Home Folks
     unissued

Chick Corea (p) on b; Rodgers Grant (p) on a, c-d.


Date: Probably March 1966
Location: NY
Label: Atco

Ben E. King (ldr), Myron Shain (t), Benny Powell (tb), Joe Grimaldi (ts), Art Kaplan (bar), Trade Martin, Russ Titelman (g), Carole King (p, dir), Charles Larkey (b), Richard Philip (eb), Buddy Saltzman (d), Ben E. King (v)

a.10030   So Much Love - 3:16  (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
     Rhino CD: R2 71215 — Ben E. King: Anthology   (1993)
     Atco 45: 6413   

Date: Early May 1966
Location: The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Reunald Jones (t), Benny Powell (tb), Sammy Davis, Jr. (vib, v), John Derose (g), George Rhodes (p, con), Aaron Bell (b), Buddy Rich, Michael Silva (d), Antonio Morelli (dir), Others Unknown (var)

a.J-4628   Ain't I - 1:02  (George Rhodes)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
b.J-4629   With a Song In My Heart - 2:05  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 75972 — Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story   (1999)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Prism Entertainment CD: 985 — With a Song In My Heart   (2004)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
     Reprise (Fr.) EP: RVEP 60105 — Don't Blame the Children   (1968)
     Reprise 45: 0549   (1967)
c.J-4630   Another Spring - 2:57  (Leslie Bricusse)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
d.J-4631   Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - 4:16  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
e.   Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody - 3:09  (Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz)
f.J-4633   I've Got You Under My Skin - 10:43  (Cole Porter)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
g.J-4634   What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing In a Place Like This  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
h.J-4635   Dang Me  (Roger Miller)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
i.J-4636   Big, Bad John  (Jimmy Dean)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
j.J-4637   The Girl From Ipanema  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
k.J-4638   Ugly Chile  (Clarence Williams)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
l.J-4639   On The Road To Mandalay  (Oley Speaks, Rudyard Kipling)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
m.J-4640   What'd I Say  (Ray Charles)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
n.J-4641   Hello Dolly  (Jerry Herman)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
o.J-4642   The Lady Is a Tramp - 4:37  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Capitol CD: 5 41790 2 — Live From Las Vagas   (2003)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
p.J-4643   Lonesome Road - 6:48  (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
q.J-4644   Gonna Build A Mountain  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
r.J-4645   Yes I Can  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
s.J-4646   I Want To Be With You  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
t.J-4647   Too Close For Comfort  (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofoener)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
u.J-4648   Something's Gotta Give  (Johnny Mercer)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
v.J-4649   Hey There  (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
w.   My Mother The Car - 2:23  (Paul Hampton)
x.J-4650   On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) - 2:45  (Burton Lane, Alan Lerner)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Prism Entertainment CD: 985 — With a Song In My Heart   (2004)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
     Reprise LP 12": P 10012R — Sammy Davis, Jr. De Luxe   (1968)
y.J-4651   The Birth Of the Blues - 4:13  (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva)
     Garland CD: GRZ 018 — Greatest Hits   (1988)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     DCC CD: DJZ 625 — The Sounds of '66   (1996)
     Rhino CD: R2 75972 — Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story   (1999)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Prism Entertainment CD: 985 — With a Song In My Heart   (2004)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
     Reprise (Fr.) EP: RVEP 60105 — Don't Blame the Children   (1968)
     Reprise 45: 0549   (1967)
z.J-4652   As Long As She Needs Me - 2:31  (Lionel Bart)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 75972 — Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story   (1999)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Prism Entertainment CD: 985 — With a Song In My Heart   (2004)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
     K-Tel (Eng.) LP 12": NA 463/NC 433 — The Sounds of Sammy Davis, Jr.   (1975)
aa.J-4653   Bye Bye Blackbird - 3:14  (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 75972 — Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story   (1999)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
ab.J-4654   One For My Baby - 10:20  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Prism Entertainment CD: 985 — With a Song In My Heart   (2004)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
ac.J-4655   Where Or When - 3:15  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) / arr: George Rhodes
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 75972 — Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story   (1999)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
ad.J-4656   Chicago - 2:44  (Fred Fisher)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Prism Entertainment CD: 985 — With a Song In My Heart   (2004)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
ae.J-4657   You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - 3:23  (Larry Stock, Russ Morgan, James Cavanaugh)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 75972 — Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story   (1999)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Rhino CD: R2 76059 — The Essentials: Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2002)
     Prism Entertainment CD: 985 — With a Song In My Heart   (2004)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
af.J-4658   Without a Song - 3:43  (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu) / arr: George Rhodes
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 75972 — Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story   (1999)
     Charly (Eng.) CD: SNAD 503 — Here's...Sammy Davis, Jr.   (2001)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
ag.J-4678   What Kind Of Fool Am I - 3:11  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
     K-Tel (Eng.) LP 12": NA 463/NC 433 — The Sounds of Sammy Davis, Jr.   (1975)
ah.J-4679   Let's Keep Swinging (Sam By George!) - 8:11  (Sammy Davis, Jr., George Rhodes) / arr: George Rhodes
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
ai.J-4680   Sweet Beginning - 1:42  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
     Fremus (It.) CD: CDFR 0506 — The Classic Collection: Live At the Sands Hotel   (1993)
     Reprise LP 12": 2R/RS 6237 — That's All!   (1967)
All titles on:      Rhino CD: R2 74278 — That's All!   (2001)

f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n;   p, q, r, s, t, u, v performed as medleys.

Sammy Davis, Jr. (vib) on ah; (v) on b-ag, ai; Buddy Rich (d) on ah.

The personnel of the Antonio Morelli Orchestra is incomplete. Titles f-n comprise a medley of 10:43. Tracks p-v comprise a medley of 6:48. Track timings vary among issues. These performances were taken from six Sammy Davis, Jr. shows. Track a is an instrumental introduction. Track ah is essentially a jam session featuring Buddy Rich on drums and Sammy Davis, Jr. on vibraphone. Information on these tracks comes from The Sammy Davis Jr. Discography.


Date: May 3, 1966
Location: Atlantic Studios, NY
Label: Atlantic

Leslie Uggams (ldr), John Messner, Sonny Russo (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Ray Alonge, Dick Berg (frh), unknown (str), Margaret Ross (hrp), Everett Barksdale, Vinnie Bell (g), Paul Griffin (p), Ron Carter (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Jack Jennings (per), Peter Matz (con), Leslie Uggams (v)

a.10226   We Can Work It Out  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) / arr: Peter Matz
     Atlantic 45: 2371   
b.10227   How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You  (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.) / arr: Peter Matz
c.10228   A Lover's Concerto  (Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell) / arr: Peter Matz
d.10229   I Hear a Symphony  (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.) / arr: Peter Matz
All titles on:      Atlantic LP 12": 8128/SD 8128 — A Time To Love   (1966)

A string section consisting of 9 violins, 2 violas and 2 celli is present.


Date: November 11, 1966
Location: NY
Label: Impulse

Chico O'Farrill (ldr), Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Clark Terry (t), Harry DiVito, Urbie Green, Benny Powell (tb), Julius Watkins (frh), Jerry Dodgion, Joe Firrantello, Eddie Wasserman, Frank Wess (ww), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier (b), Don Lamond (d), Chico O'Farrill (con)

a.   Royal Saddle - 2:42  (Chico O'Farrill) / arr: Chico O'Farrill
     Impulse 45: 45-259   
b.   Live Oak - 2:41  (Chico O'Farrill) / arr: Chico O'Farrill
c.   Panache - 2:45  (Chico O'Farrill) / arr: Chico O'Farrill
d.   The Lady From Nine Flags - 3:00  (Chico O'Farrill) / arr: Chico O'Farrill
     Impulse 45: 45-259   
All titles on:      Impulse LP 12": A/S 9135 — Nine Flags   (1967)

These tracks are part of an unusual LP in which nine of the ten titles pay tribute to a country and a brand of Nine Flags fragrances. Benny Powell does not participate in the recording sessions that produced the other tracks of the LP. The liner notes indicate that J.J. Johnson is the trombone soloist on track b. Although Johnson is indicated as being present on other tracks of the LP, he is not listed as being part of this orchestra.


Date: November 18, 1966
Location: A&R Studios, NY
Label: Columbia

The Coasters (ldr), Melvin Lastie, Ernie Royal (t), Benny Powell (tb), George Devens (vib), James Booker (p, or), Jessie Preacher Fairman (b), Charles Otis (d), Earl Speedo Carroll, Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, Will Dub Jones (v)

a.   Soul Pad - 2:42  (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
     King 45: 45-6404   (1973)
b.   Down Home Girl - 3:07  (Jerry Leiber, Artie Butler)
     Beat Goes Public/Ace (Eng.) CD: BGPCD 135 — King Funk   (2000)
Both titles on:      DeLuxe CD: DCD 7786 — 20 Greatest Hits   (1987)
     Rhino CD: R2 71090 — 50 Coastin' Classics   (1992)
     Gusto/TeeVee CD: 0750 — 20 Greatest Hits   (2006)
     Varèse Sarabande CD: 066 844 2 — Down Home   (2007)
     King (Jpn.) LP 12": 1147 — Love Potion Number Nine   
     King LP 12": KS 1146-498 — The Coasters On Broadway   (1972)
     London (Eng.) LP 12": SHZ 8460 — The Coasters On Broadway   (1973)
     Date 45: 2-1552   (1967)

George Devens (vib) on b; James Booker (or) on a.

Thanks to Michel Ruppli for pointing out that this was not an Atlantic Records session.


Date: November 30, 1966
Location: RCA Victor Studio A, NY
Label: RCA Victor

J. J. Johnson (ldr), Art Farmer, Danny Stiles, Snooky Young (t), Paul Faulise, Benny Powell (tb), J. J. Johnson (tb, con), Jerome Richardson (as, cl, f), Phil Bodner (ts, cl, f, o), Tommy Newsom (bar, bcl, f), Hank Jones (p), Ron Carter (b), Grady Tate (d)

a.TPA1-5279   Say When - 2:54  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
b.TPA1-5280   Ballade - 3:47  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
Both titles on:      Bluebird CD: 6277-2-RB — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     Bluebird (Eu.) CD: ND 86277 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 47791 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 93843 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (2002)
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 84324 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (2004)
     Lone Hill (Sp.) CD: LHJ10293 — J.J. Johnson: The Complete '60s Big Band Recordings   (2007)
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5653 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": 6014 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": RGP 1169 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3833 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (1967)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": NL 89367 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (1984)

Date: December 2, 1966
Location: RCA Victor Studio A, NY
Label: RCA Victor

J. J. Johnson (ldr), Burt Collins, Art Farmer, Ernie Royal (t), Paul Faulise, Benny Powell (tb), J. J. Johnson (tb, con), Jerome Richardson (as, cl, f), Phil Bodner (ts, cl, f, o), Tommy Newsom (bar, bcl, f), Hank Jones (p), Ron Carter (b), Grady Tate (d), Bobby Rosengarden (per)

a.TPA1-5281   Little Dave - 4:02  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
b.TPA1-5282   Space Walk - 4:05  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
c.TPA1-5283   In Walked Horace - 4:42  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
d.TPA1-5284   Blue - 5:45  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
All titles on:      Bluebird CD: 6277-2-RB — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     Bluebird (Eu.) CD: ND 86277 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 47791 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 93843 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (2002)
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 84324 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (2004)
     Lone Hill (Sp.) CD: LHJ10293 — J.J. Johnson: The Complete '60s Big Band Recordings   (2007)
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5653 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": 6014 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": RGP 1169 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3833 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (1967)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": NL 89367 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (1984)

Date: December 5, 1966
Location: RCA Victor Studio A, NY
Label: RCA Victor

J. J. Johnson (ldr), Burt Collins, Art Farmer, Snooky Young (t), J. J. Johnson (tb, con), Benny Powell (tb), Tony Studd (bt), Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington (frh), Jerome Richardson (as, cl, f), Frank Wess (ts, cl, f), Tommy Newsom (bar, bcl, f), Hank Jones (p), Ron Carter (b), Grady Tate (d)

a.TPA1-5285   Euro #1 - 5:54  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
b.TPA1-5286   Euro #2 - 5:39  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
c.TPA1-5287   Short Cake - 2:42  (J. J. Johnson) / arr: J. J. Johnson
All titles on:      Bluebird CD: 6277-2-RB — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     Bluebird (Eu.) CD: ND 86277 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 47791 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 93843 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (2002)
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 84324 2 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (2004)
     Lone Hill (Sp.) CD: LHJ10293 — J.J. Johnson: The Complete '60s Big Band Recordings   (2007)
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5653 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": 6014 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": RGP 1169 — The Total J.J. Johnson   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3833 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (1967)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": NL 89367 — The Total J.J. Johnson   (1984)

Date: December 29, 1966
Location: NY
Label: RCA Victor

Duke Ellington (ldr), Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams (t), Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Johnny Hodges (as), Russell Procope (as, cl), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Harry Carney (bar, cl, bcl), Duke Ellington (p), John Lamb (b), Sam Woodyard (d)

a.   I'm Just a Lucky So and So  (Duke Ellington, Mack David)
b.   Blues At Sundown  (Duke Ellington)
c.   Lonely Ones
All titles unissued.

Date: December 29, 1966
Location: Associated Recording Studio, NY
Label: Decca

Screamin' Jay Hawkins (ldr), Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder (t), Benny Powell (tb), Joe Grimaldi (ts), Buddy Lucas (bar), Billy Butler, Eric Gale (g), Ernie Hayes (p), Louis Mauro (b), Bernard Purdie (d), Warren Smith (per), Bert De Coteaux (dir), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (v)

a.118364   I Put A Spell On You - 2:21  (Jay Hawkins)
     Decca 45: 32100   
b.118365-2   Two Can Play This Game - 2:33
c.118366-2   Shattered - 2:17  (Jay Hawkins)
d.118367   You're An Exception To the Rule - 2:23
     Decca 45: 32100   
All titles on:      Bear Family Records (Ger.) CD: BCD 15530 — Spellbound! 1955-1974   (1990)

A chorus is also present on this session.


Date: January 10, 1967
Location: RCA Victor Studio A, NY
Label: RCA Victor

Johnny Hodges (ldr), Roy Eldridge (t), Benny Powell (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Harry Carney (bar), Billy Butler (g), Jimmy Jones (p, con), Nat Pierce (p), Joe Benjamin (b), Oliver Jackson (d)

a.UPA1-3635   Big Boy Blues - 3:19  (Johnny Hodges)
     Bluebird CD: 5903-2-RB — Triple Play   (1996)
     BMG CD: 74321 52065 2 — Planet Jazz   (1998)
     Bluebird LP 12": 5903-1-RB — Triple Play   
b.UPA1-3636   C Jam Blues - 4:21  (Duke Ellington)
     Bluebird CD: 5903-2-RB — Triple Play   (1996)
     Bluebird LP 12": 5903-1-RB — Triple Play   
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXL1-7102 — Triple Play   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5731 — Triple Play   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": RGP 1183 — Triple Play   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3867 — Triple Play   (1967)
c.UPA1-3637   Unknown Title
     unissued
d.UPA1-3638   Unknown Title
     unissued
e.UPA1-3639   Unknown Title
     unissued
f.UPA1-3640   Fur Piece - 6:20  (Johnny Hodges)
     Bluebird CD: 5903-2-RB — Triple Play   (1996)
     Bluebird LP 12": 5903-1-RB — Triple Play   
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXL1-7102 — Triple Play   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5731 — Triple Play   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": RGP 1183 — Triple Play   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3867 — Triple Play   (1967)

No guitar is heard on track a which fades out. Benny Powell solos on tracks b and f.


Date: July 3, 1967
Location: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Label: RCA Victor

Lionel Hampton (ldr), Wallace Davenport, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (t), Garnett Brown, Al Grey, Benny Powell, Britt Woodman (tb), George Dorsey, Frank Foster, Ed Pazant, Jerome Richardson, David Young (r), Illinois Jacquet (ts), Lionel Hampton (vib, p, d, v), Billy Mackel (g), Milt Buckner, John Spruill (p), George Duvivier (b), Alan Dawson, Steve Little (d)

a.   Glad Hamp - 5:19  (Frank Foster)
     Groove Merchant LP 12": GM 4400 — The Works   (1975)
     Glad Hamp LP 12": GHS 1020 — Hamp's Big Band Live   (1979)
b.   Blues For Gerty - 10:08  (Lionel Hampton)
     Groove Merchant LP 12": GM 4400 — The Works   (1975)
c.UPA5-6344   Turn Me Loose - 4:28  (Al Grey)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
d.UPA5-6345   Thai Silk - 4:31  (Lionel Hampton)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
e.UPA5-6347   Tempo's Birthday - 2:51  (Lionel Hampton, Joe Morris)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
f.UPA5-6348   Misunderstood Blues - 5:58  (Frank Foster)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
g.UPA5-6349   Meet Benny Bailey - 4:34  (Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
     Groove Merchant LP 12": GM 4400 — The Works   (1975)
     Glad Hamp LP 12": GHS 1020 — Hamp's Big Band Live   (1979)
h.UPA5-6350   Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - 3:30  (Lionel Hampton, Curley Hamner)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
i.UPA5-6350   Hamp's Boogie Woogie  (Lionel Hampton)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
j.UPA5-6351   Flying Home - 8:19  (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman)
     Bluebird CD: 66089-2 — RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half Century, The 20's - 60's   
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
     Franklin Mint LP 12": Vols. 37-40 — The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Jazz Milestones   (1984)
k.UPA5-6352   Greasy Greens (No. 1) - 4:39  (Ed Bland)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)
l.UPA5-6352   Greasy Greens (No. 2) - 4:37  (Ed Bland)
     Bluebird CD: 07863 66157-2 — Reunion At Newport 1967   (1993)
     RCA Victor (Fr.) LP 12": FXM1-7286 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor (Jpn.) LP 12": SHP 5698 — Newport Uproar   
     RCA Victor LP 12": LPM/LSP 3891 — Newport Uproar   (1967)

k, l;   h, i performed as medleys.

Illinois Jacquet (ts) on j; Milt Buckner (p) on h-j; John Spruill (p) on a-g, k-l; Alan Dawson (d) on h-j.

The timings of these tracks vary considerably from issue to issue.


Date: September 12, 1967
Location: Webster Hall, NY
Label: Pacific Jazz

Booker Ervin (ldr), Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Richard Williams (t), Garnett Brown, Bennie Green (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Booker Ervin (ts), Kenny Barron (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Lenny McBrowne (d)

a.   St. Louis Blues - 4:11  (W. C. Handy) / arr: Teddy Edwards
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": ST 20127 — Booker 'N' Brass   (1967)
b.   Baltimore Oriole - 4:42  (Hoagy Carmichael) / arr: Teddy Edwards
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": ST 20127 — Booker 'N' Brass   (1967)
c.   L.A. After Dark - 5:03  (Teddy Edwards) / arr: Teddy Edwards
     Blue Note (Eu.) CD: 7243 4 94032 2 — Blue Pacific Funk (Walkin' On the West Coast)   (1998)
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": ST 20127 — Booker 'N' Brass   (1967)
d.tk. 3   altL.A. After Dark - 5:08  (Teddy Edwards) / arr: Teddy Edwards
e.tk. 7   altL.A. After Dark - 5:05  (Teddy Edwards) / arr: Teddy Edwards
All titles on:      Pacific Jazz CD: CDP 7243 4 94509 2 9 — Booker 'N' Brass   (1998)

Date: September 13, 1967
Location: Webster Hall, NY
Label: Pacific Jazz

Booker Ervin (ldr), Martin Banks, Johnny Coles, Ray Copeland, Richard Williams (t), Bennie Green, Britt Woodman (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Booker Ervin (ts), Kenny Barron (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Lenny McBrowne (d)

a.   Kansas City - 3:00  (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) / arr: Teddy Edwards
b.   I Left My Sugar In Salt Lake City - 4:22  (Leon Rene) / arr: Teddy Edwards
c.   East Dallas Special - 4:37  (Booker Ervin) / arr: Teddy Edwards
     Blue Note (Eu.) CD: 7243 4 94032 2 — Blue Pacific Funk (Walkin' On the West Coast)   (1998)
All titles on:      Pacific Jazz CD: CDP 7243 4 94509 2 9 — Booker 'N' Brass   (1998)
     Pacific Jazz LP 12": ST 20127 — Booker 'N' Brass   (1967)

Date: September 19, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: A&M

Herbie Mann (ldr), Burt Collins, Ernie Royal (t), Benny Powell (tb), Joe Grimaldi (r), Hubert Laws (pic, f), Herbie Mann (f), Teddy Sommer (vib, per), Jay Berliner, Eric Gale (g), Paul Griffin (p), Ron Carter (b), Herb Lovelle (d), Ray Barretto, Johnny Pacheco (per), Herb Bernstein (con), unknown (v)

a.1440   Upa, Negrinho (Upa, Neguinho) - 2:40  (Eduardo Lobo, Gianfrancisco Guarnere) / arr: Herb Bernstein
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: 30XB-59 — Glory of Love   
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: D32Y 3817 — Glory of Love   (1987)
     A&M CD: 0827-2 — Glory of Love   (1990)
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: PCCY 10125 — Glory of Love   (1990)
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: POCM 5022 — Glory of Love   (1992)
     A&M (Eng.)/Hamlet LP 12": AMLS 944 — Glory of Love   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AML 303 — Glory of Love   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": LAX 3102 — Glory of Love   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AMP 4010 — Glory of Love   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AMP 18009 — Glory of Love   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": C25Y-3817 — Glory of Love   
     A&M LP 12": LP 2003/SP 3003 — Glory of Love   (1967)
     A&M 45: 923    
b.   Land of 1000 Dances  (Chris Kenner) / arr: Herb Bernstein
     unissued

Date: November 13, 1967
Location: Capitol Studios, NY
Label: Verve

Oliver Nelson (ldr), Burt Collins, Ray Copeland, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm (t), Joe Newman (t, con), Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell (tb), Paul Faulise (bt), Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington (frh), Don Butterfield (tu), Jerry Dodgion (as, cl, f), Phil Woods (as, cl), George Marge (ts, cl, f), Zoot Sims (ts), Danny Bank (bar, bcl, f), Bobby Rosengarden (vib, per), Patti Bown (p), Ron Carter, George Duvivier (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Oliver Nelson (con)

a.103731   Complex City - 8:07  (Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
b.103732   The East Side, The West Side - 4:10  (Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
c.103733   125th and 7th Avenue - 6:35  (Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
d.103734   A Penthouse Dawn - 3:05  (Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
e.103735   One For Duke - 5:20  (Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
All titles on:      Mosaic CD: MD6-233 — Oliver Nelson: The Verve/Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions   (2006)
     Verve (Eng.) LP 12": VLP 9202 — Jazzhattan Suite   
     Verve LP 12": V/V6 8731 — Jazzhattan Suite   (1967)

This ensemble was known as The Jazz Interactions Orchestra.


Date: November 14, 1967
Location: Capitol Studios, NY
Label: Verve

Oliver Nelson (ldr), Burt Collins, Ray Copeland, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm (t), Joe Newman (t, con), Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell (tb), Paul Faulise (bt), Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington (frh), Don Butterfield (tu), Jerry Dodgion (as, cl, f), Phil Woods (as, cl), George Marge (ts, cl, f), Zoot Sims (ts), Danny Bank (bar, bcl, f), Bobby Rosengarden (vib, per), Patti Bown (p), Ron Carter, George Duvivier (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Oliver Nelson (con)

a.103730   A Typical Day In New York - 4:43  (Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
     Mosaic CD: MD6-233 — Oliver Nelson: The Verve/Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions   (2006)
     Verve (Eng.) LP 12": VLP 9202 — Jazzhattan Suite   
     Verve LP 12": V/V6 8731 — Jazzhattan Suite   (1967)

This ensemble was known as The Jazz Interactions Orchestra.


Date: December 15, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Duke Pearson (ldr), Jim Bossy, Randy Brecker, Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm (t), Garnett Brown, Julian Priester, Kenny Rupp (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Jerry Dodgion (as, pic, f), Al Gibbons (as, bcl, f), Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d)

a.2000 (tk. 06)   Ready When You Are C.B. - 2:51  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
b.2001 (tk. 11)   Ground Hog - 3:00  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note CD: 7243 8 54360 2 — Blue Break Beats, Volume 3   (1997)
     Blue Note LP 12": B1 54360 — Blue Break Beats, Volume 3   (1996)
c.2002 (tk. 19)   Mississippi Dip - 2:30  (George Andrews, Randy Irwin) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note (Eu.) CD: 7243 5 23444 2 — Blunited States   (2000)
d.2003 (tk. 24)   A Taste Of Honey - 5:25  (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) / arr: Duke Pearson
e.2004 (tk. 37)   New Time Shuffle - 5:30  (Joe Sample) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note CD: 7243 4 97155 2 — Blue Big Bands   (1999)
f.2005 (tk. 30)   Bedouin - 5:20  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
g.2006 (tk. 40)   Straight Up and Down - 6:55  (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson
h.2007 (tk. 47)   New Girl - 6:00  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
i.2008 (tk. 54)   Time After Time - 4:05  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) / arr: Duke Pearson
All titles on:      Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (1998)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 4276 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (2000)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84276 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (1968)

Date: January 8, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: A&M

Artie Butler (ldr), Morton Bullman, Tom Mitchell, Benny Powell (tb), Jerome Richardson (pic, f), Arthur Bogin, Peter Dimitriades, Joseph Haber, Louis Haber, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, David Sackson, Irving Spice, Louis Stone (vn), Murray Sandry, Bernard Zaslav (vl), Seymour Barab (vc), Corky Hale (hrp), Vinnie Bell, Sal Di Troia, Charles Macey (g), Artie Butler (key, p, con), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Gary Chester (d), George Devens, Richie Ritz (per)

a.tk. 4   The Loop - 2:00  (Max Hardy (aka Artie Butler)) / arr: Artie Butler
b.   Music For Night People - 2:33  (George Moorhouse, Gordon Rees) / arr: Artie Butler
Both titles on:      A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AML 307 — Have You Met Miss Jones?   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AMP 18010 — Have You Met Miss Jones?   
     A&M (Aus.) LP 12": SAML 932958 — Have You Met Miss Jones?   
     A&M LP 12": SP 3007 — Have You Met Miss Jones?   (1968)

Butler also plays ondioline, a small electronic keyboard instrument, on this session.


Date: January 25, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Burt Collins, Marvin Stamm (t, fh), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (tb), Jerry Dodgion, Joe Farrell, Al Gibbons (r), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Everett Barksdale (g), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Grady Tate (d)

a.2033   Spooky  (Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb, Mike Sharpe, Harry Middlebrook)
     Blue Note CD: 7243 8 31883 2 — The Lost Grooves   (1995)
     Blue Note (Eu.) CD: 7243 4 93991 2 — Easy - Stanley Turrentine Plays the Pop Hits   (1998)
     Blue Note LP 12": B1 31883 — The Lost Grooves   (1995)
     Blue Note 45: 45-1936   
b.2034   Elusive Butterfly  (Bob Lind)
     Blue Note (Eu.) CD: 7243 4 93991 2 — Easy - Stanley Turrentine Plays the Pop Hits   (1998)
c.2035   Love Is Blue  (Andre Popp, Pierre Cour, Bryan Blackburn)
     Blue Note 45: 45-1936   
d.2036   When I Look Into Your Eyes
     unissued

Date: February 1, 1968
Location: American Sound Studio & Atlantic Recording Studios, Memphis, TN & NY
Label: Atco

King Curtis [Curtis Ousley] (ldr), Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman (t), Benny Powell (tb), King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], Frank Wess (ts), Haywood Henry (bar), Reggie Young (g, eb), Spooner Oldham (p, elp), Bobby Emmons (or), Mike Leach (eb), Gene Chrisman (d)

a.13850   Spooky - 2:46  (Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb, Mike Sharpe, Harry Middlebrook)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Warner Platinum (Eng.) CD: 8122799945 — King Curtis: The Platinum Collection   (2007)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)

The horns were recorded separately in NY and overdubbed. The personnel comes from the liner notes of Atco 33-247.


Date: February 8, 13 and 23, 1968
Location: NY
Label: Verve Forecast

Galt MacDermot (ldr), Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (t), Bob Ascher, Garnett Brown, Benny Powell, Britt Woodman (tb), Jim Buffington (frh), Zane Paul (bar, f), Eric Gale, Al Gorgoni, Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, Don Thomas (g), Galt MacDermot (elp, or), Paul Griffin (or), Jimmy Lewis (b), Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Earl Williams (d), Sticks Evans, Sir Harold (per)

a.104389   Dead End  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
     Verve Forecast 45: KF 5105   
b.104390   Three Five Zero Zero  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
c.104391   Aquarius  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
     Verve Forecast 45: KF 5105   
d.104392   Where Do I Go?  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
     Verve Forecast 45: KF 5089   
e.104393   Hare Krishna  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
f.104394   Frank Mills  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
g.104395   Hair  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
h.104396   Easy To Be Hard  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
i.104397   Good Morning Starshine  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
     Verve Forecast 45: KF 5089   
j.104398   Walking In Space  (Galt MacDermot) / arr: Galt MacDermot
All titles on:      Verve (Eng.) LP 12": VLP 6007 — Galt MacDermot   
     Verve Forecast LP 12": FTS 3045 — Galt MacDermot   (1968)

The Winston Collymore Strings and the Valerie Simpson Singers also perform on this session. Electronic effects were provided by Rick Shorter.


Date: March 5, 1968
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

David 'Fathead' Newman (ldr), Melvin Lastie, Jimmy Owens (t), Benny Powell (tb), David 'Fathead' Newman (ts, f), Seldon Powell (ts), Jerome Richardson (bar), Winston Collymore, Leo Cruczek, Richard Elias, Emanuel Green, Leo Kahn, Gene Orloff, Matthew Raimondi (vn), Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke (vl), Kermit Moore (vc), Eric Gale (g), Richard Davis (b), Chuck Rainey (eb), Bernard Purdie (d)

a.14008   Ain't That Good News - 3:47  (Sam Cooke)
     Rhino CD: R2 71453 — Bigger & Better/The Many Facets of David Newman   (1993)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6408 — I Need Some Money/Bigger & Better   (2000)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1505 — Bigger & Better   (1968)
b.14009   A Change Is Gonna Come - 5:27  (Sam Cooke)
     Rhino CD: R2 71453 — Bigger & Better/The Many Facets of David Newman   (1993)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6408 — I Need Some Money/Bigger & Better   (2000)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1505 — Bigger & Better   (1968)
c.14010   The Thirteenth Floor - 5:47  (David 'Fathead' Newman)
     Label M CD: 5706 — Heavy Flute: Funky Flute Grooves from the 60s and 70s   
     Rhino CD: R2 71453 — Bigger & Better/The Many Facets of David Newman   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 71452 — House of David: The David "Fathead" Newman Anthology   (1993)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6408 — I Need Some Money/Bigger & Better   (2000)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1505 — Bigger & Better   (1968)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1590 — The Best of David "Fathead" Newman   (1972)
     Atlantic 45: 2554   
d.14011   For Sylvia  (William S. Fischer)
     unissued

Strings appear only on A Change Is Gonna Come and The Thirteenth Floor. The version of track c issued on Atlantic 2554 is edited.


Date: March 6, 1968
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

David 'Fathead' Newman (ldr), Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman (t), Benny Powell (tb), David 'Fathead' Newman (ts, f), Seldon Powell (ts), Haywood Henry (bar), Winston Collymore, Leo Cruczek, Richard Elias, Emanuel Green, Leo Kahn, Gene Orloff, Matthew Raimondi (vn), Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke (vl), Kermit Moore (vc), Billy Butler (g), Richard Davis (b), Chuck Rainey (eb), Bernard Purdie (d)

a.14012   Yesterday - 3:58  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
     Rhino CD: R2 71453 — Bigger & Better/The Many Facets of David Newman   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 71452 — House of David: The David "Fathead" Newman Anthology   (1993)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6408 — I Need Some Money/Bigger & Better   (2000)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1505 — Bigger & Better   (1968)
     Atlantic 45: 2554   
b.14013   And I Love Her - 5:40  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
     Rhino CD: R2 71453 — Bigger & Better/The Many Facets of David Newman   (1993)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6408 — I Need Some Money/Bigger & Better   (2000)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1505 — Bigger & Better   (1968)
c.14014   Help  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
     unissued

The version of track a issued on Atlantic 2554 is edited.


Date: Spring 1968
Location: American Recording Studio & Atlantic Recording Studios, Memphis, TN & NY
Label: Atco

King Curtis [Curtis Ousley] (ldr), Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman (t), Benny Powell (tb), King Curtis [Curtis Ousley] (ss, as, ts), Frank Wess (ts), Haywood Henry (bar), unknown (str, bkv), Reggie Young (g, eb), Spooner Oldham (p, elp), Bobby Emmons (or), Mike Leach (eb), Gene Chrisman (d)

a.14176   Soul Serenade - 2:53  (Curtis Ousley [King Curtis], Luther Dixon)
     Razor & Tie CD: 2054 — Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis   (1994)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-266 — Best of King Curtis   (1968)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)
b.14177   Sweet Inspiration - 2:51  (Wallace Pennington, Lindon Oldham)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)
     Atco 45: 6680   
c.14178   Honey - 2:27  (Bobby Russell)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)
d.14179   Someday
     unissued
e.14180   Up, Up and Away - 2:48  (Jimmy Webb)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)
f.14181   The Look Of Love - 2:30  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Warner Platinum (Eng.) CD: 8122799945 — King Curtis: The Platinum Collection   (2007)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)
g.14182   Somewhere  (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-293 — Instant Groove   (1969)
h.14183 (14696 ed.)   I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 3:16  (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong)
     Razor & Tie CD: 2054 — Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis   (1994)
     Koch CD: KOC-CD-8015 — King Curtis Plays the Great Memphis Hits/King Size Soul   (1998)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Warner Platinum (Eng.) CD: 8122799945 — King Curtis: The Platinum Collection   (2007)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-266 — Best of King Curtis   (1968)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)
i.14184   Makin' Hey  (Curtis Ousley [King Curtis])
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-266 — Best of King Curtis   (1968)
     Atco 45: 6613   
j.14185   By the Time I Get To Phoenix - 2:38  (Jimmy Webb)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)
k.14186   Dance For Peace
     unissued
l.14187   Theme From "Valley Of The Dolls" - 2:40  (Andre Previn, Dory Previn)
     Spy Records Ambassador Soul Classics CD: 46006 — Sweet Soul/Everybody's Talkin'   (2005)
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-247 — Sweet Soul   (1968)
     Atco 45: 6582   

The horns were recorded separately in NY and overdubbed. A vocal group, The Sweet Inspirations, and a string section led by Gene Orloff, also recorded in NY, are present on some tracks.


Date: April 15, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (fh), Benny Powell (bt), Jim Buffington (frh), Stanley Turrentine (ts), unknown (str), Kenny Burrell (g), Hank Jones, Duke Pearson (p), George Duvivier (b), Grady Tate (d)

a.2091 (tk. 7)   Blues for Stan - 6:00  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
b.2092 (tk. 18)   Smile - 4:05  (Charles Chaplin, John Turner (John Phillips), Geoffrey Parsons) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": BND 4006 — Stanley Turrentine   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84506 — Stanley Turrentine   
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA394-H2 — Stanley Turrentine   (1975)
c.2093 (tk. 22)   The Look Of Love - 4:21  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note (Eu.) CD: 7243 4 93991 2 — Easy - Stanley Turrentine Plays the Pop Hits   (1998)
     Blue Note 45: 45-1940   
All titles on:      Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look of Love   (1968)
     Applause LP 12": 2305 — The Look of Love   (1968)

Hank Jones (p) on a-b; Duke Pearson (p) on c.

An overdubbed, fourteen piece string section, recorded on May 27, 1968, is present on all tracks. Stanley Turrentine is the only soloist.


Date: April 16-18, 1968
Location: Atlantic Studios, NY
Label: Atlantic

Aretha Franklin (ldr), Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Richard Williams, Snooky Young (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Tom Mitchell, Benny Powell (tb), George Dorsey, Frank Wess (as), King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], David 'Fathead' Newman, Seldon Powell (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Jimmy Johnson (g), Aretha Franklin (p, v), Spooner Oldham (or), Tommy Cogbill, Jerry Jemmott (eb), Roger Hawkins (d), Louie Goicdecha, Manuel Gonzales (per), Arif Mardin (con)

a.14329   You Send Me - 2:25  (Sam Cooke) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 8227-2 — Aretha's Gold   (1990)
     Rhino CD: R2 71273 — Aretha Now   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8186 — Aretha Now   (1968)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8227 — Aretha's Gold   (1969)
     Atlantic 45: 2518   
b.14330   See Saw - 2:42  (Steve Cropper, Don Covey) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 8227-2 — Aretha's Gold   (1990)
     Rhino CD: R2 71273 — Aretha Now   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8186 — Aretha Now   (1968)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8227 — Aretha's Gold   (1969)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8224 — The Super Hits, Volume 4   (1969)
     Atlantic 45: 2574   
c.14331   Today I Sing the Blues - 4:22  (Curtis Lewis) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 7 81230-2 — Aretha's Jazz   (1984)
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
d.14332   The House That Jack Built - 2:18  (Bob Lance, Fran Robins) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 8227-2 — Aretha's Gold   (1990)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8227 — Aretha's Gold   (1969)
e.14333   I Say a Little Prayer For You - 3:30  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 8227-2 — Aretha's Gold   (1990)
     Rhino CD: R2 71273 — Aretha Now   (1993)
     Universal (Eng.) CD: 314 541 518-2 — Back To Black: 1900-1999   (2001)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8186 — Aretha Now   (1968)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8227 — Aretha's Gold   (1969)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8224 — The Super Hits, Volume 4   (1969)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8295 — Aretha's Greatest Hits   (1971)
f.14334   Night Time Is The Right Time - 4:44  (LeRoy Carr, L. Herman) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71273 — Aretha Now   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8186 — Aretha Now   (1968)
g.14335   Tracks Of My Tears - 2:53  (William 'Smokey' Robinson, W. Moore, M. Tarplin) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
h.14336   I Take What I Want - 2:30  (Issac Hayes, Mabon Hodges, David Porter) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71273 — Aretha Now   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8186 — Aretha Now   (1968)
i.14337   I Can't See Myself Leaving You - 3:00  (Ronnie Shannon) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71273 — Aretha Now   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8186 — Aretha Now   (1968)
j.14894 (edited)   I Say a Little Prayer For You  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Arif Mardin
     unissued

The personnel is collective.


Date: April 22, 1968
Location: KQED Television Studios, San Francisco, CA
Label: [television broadcast]

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Randy Brecker, Danny Moore, Richard Williams, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh, c), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Jerome Richardson (ss, as), Jerry Dodgion (as), Eddie Daniels, Seldon Powell (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Roland Hanna (p), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d)

a.   Just Blues - 4:43  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
b.   St. Louis Blues - 12:21  (W. C. Handy) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
c.   Kids Are Pretty People - 5:39  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
d.   Don't Get Sassy (Don't Git Sassy) - 1:10  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
All titles on:      Efor Films (Sp.) DVD: 2869026 — The Complete Jazz Casual Series   
     Idem DVD: 1014 — Jazz Casual: Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Band/Woody Herman Band   
     Koch CD: KOC-CD-8563 — Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra/Woody Herman & His Swingin' Herd   (2000)
     Idem Videotape (VHS): 209 — Jazz Casual: Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Band   

This was a live recording broadcast on the Jazz Casual series on March 1, 1968. The program moderator was Ralph Gleason. The recording includes an interview of Jones and Lewis by Gleason. Track d is incomplete. On both audio and video issues, the remainder of the program involves the Woody Herman Orchestra.


Date: ca. May 1968
Location: NY
Label: Project 3

Louie Bellson (ldr), Jim Bossy, Marky Markowitz, Marvin Stamm, Paul Ubinon (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Nick Di Maio, Bill Tole (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Pete Christlieb, Sam Most (sax, cl, f), Jack Arnold (vib), Barry Galbraith, Tony Mottola (g), Pat Rebillot, Ross Tompkins (p, elp), George Duvivier (b), Louie Bellson (d), Doug Allen (per)

a.   I Remember Bird - 4:33  (Leonard Feather) / arr: Bill Holman
b.   Shuffle Off to Broadway - 2:58  (Louis Bellson) / arr: Jack Arnold
c.   The Eel - 3:08  (John Arnold) / arr: Jack Arnold
d.   The Oracle Speaks - 3:33  (George Romanis) / arr: George Romanis
e.   3X5+16 - 4:28  (Louis Bellson, Freddie Thompson) / arr: Louie Bellson, Freddie Thompson
f.   Ode To Billie Joe - 3:20  (Bobbie Gentry) / arr: George Romanis
g.   My Very Own Person - 3:08  (Spence Maxwell, Gene DiNovi) / arr: Bill Holman
h.   Breakthrough - 4:00  (Mike Barone) / arr: Mike Barone
i.   The Moment Of Truth - 2:55  (Collen G. 'Tex' Satterwhite, Frank Scott) / arr: Bill Holman
j.   The Look Of Love - 3:27  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Marty Paich
k.   Just Like That - 3:27  (Paul Sorensen) / arr: Paul Sorensen
All titles on:      Columbia (Eng.) LP 12": TWO 322 — The Dynamic Drums of Louie Bellson   
     Barclay (Fr.) LP 12": 920261 — The Dynamic Drums of Louie Bellson   
     Project 3 LP 12": PR 5029 QD — Breakthrough!   (1968)

Jack Arnold (vib) on a, c, e, g, i-k.

The saxophones are modified electronically (Varitone) on some tracks. Benny Powell does not solo on any of the tracks. Featured soloists are: a. Christlieb (ts); b. Most (f); c. Most (ts); d. Bellson; e. Bellson; f. Stamm, Christlieb (ts); g. Tole, Most (f); h. Christlieb (ts); i. Stamm, Arnold; j. Christlieb (ts); k. Tompkins (elp). The audio is described as "Quadraphonic/4 Channel."


Date: May 2, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (fh), Benny Powell (bt), Jim Buffington (frh), Stanley Turrentine (ts), unknown (str), Kenny Burrell (g), Hank Jones (p), George Duvivier (b), Grady Tate (d)

a.3011 (tk. 29)   A Beautiful Friendship - 3:20  (Stanley Styne, Donald Kahn)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look of Love   (1968)
     Applause LP 12": 2305 — The Look of Love   (1968)
b.3012 (tk. 37)   This Guy's In Love With You - 2:29  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
     HMV Jazz (Eng.) CD: 7243 5 20881 2 — Soul Jazz   
     Blue Note CD: 7243 8 57749 2 — Blue Bacharach - A Cooler Shaker   (1999)
     Blue Note CD: 7243 4 97222 2 — Blue Sampler II   (1999)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look of Love   (1968)
     Applause LP 12": 2305 — The Look of Love   (1968)
     Blue Note 45: 45-1940   
c.3013 (tk. 42)   I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco - 2:24  (Tommy Wolf) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look of Love   (1968)
     Applause LP 12": 2305 — The Look of Love   (1968)
d.3014 (tk. 49)   Emily - 3:10  (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look of Love   (1968)
     Applause LP 12": 2305 — The Look of Love   (1968)
e.3015   Cabin In The Sky  (Vernon Duke, John Latouche)
     unissued

Kenny Burrell (g) on b-e.

An overdubbed, fourteen piece string section, recorded on May 27, 1968, is present on all issued tracks. Stanley Turrentine is the only soloist.


Date: May 13, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (fh), Benny Powell (bt), Jim Buffington (frh), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Kenny Burrell (g), Roland Hanna (p), George Duvivier (b), Mickey Roker (d)

a.3023 (tk. 67)   Cabin In The Sky - 3:40  (Vernon Duke, John Latouche) / arr: Duke Pearson
b.3024 (tk. 76)   Here, There And Everywhere - 3:22  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Capitol (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5201 — Jazz Beatles Hits   (1990)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5874 — Jazz On Lennon and McCartney   (1994)
c.3025 (tk. 92)   MacArthur Park - 4:37  (Jimmy Webb) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note (Eu.) CD: 7243 4 93991 2 — Easy - Stanley Turrentine Plays the Pop Hits   (1998)
All titles on:      Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look of Love   (1968)
     Applause LP 12": 2305 — The Look of Love   (1968)

An overdubbed, fourteen piece string section, recorded on May 27, 1968, is present on all tracks. Stanley Turrentine is the only soloist.


Date: June 3 & 4, 1968
Location: Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis, TN
Label: A&M

Tamiko Jones (ldr), Ray Copeland, Harold Johnson, Melvin Lastie, Marky Markowitz, Marvin Stamm (t), Benny Powell, Alan Raph (tb), Joe Grimm, Howard Johnson, Romeo Penque, Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson (sax), Ben Blumenreich, Lewis Eley, Joseph Haber, Louis Haber, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Singer, Irving Spice, Louis Stone (vn), Seymour Berman, Selwart Clarke, David Sackson, Murray Sandry (vl), Seymour Barab, Alan Shulman (vc), Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech, Reggie Young (g), Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood (key), Chuck Rainey (b), Gene Chrisman (d), Tamiko Jones (v)

a.1511   Ya Ya - 2:10  (Clarence Lewis, Irvin Dorsey, Morgan Robinson) / arr: Artie Butler
     A&M LP 12": SP 3011 — I'll Be Anything For You   (1968)
     A&M 45: 956    
b.   Where Are They Now? - 2:45  (Brad Craig, Ty Whitney) / arr: Solomon Burke
     A&M LP 12": SP 3011 — I'll Be Anything For You   (1968)
c.   altBlack Is Black  (Tony Hayes, Michelle Grainger, Steve Wadey) / arr: Solomon Burke
     unissued
d.   altSuddenly  (Solomon Burke) / arr: Solomon Burke, Teacho Wiltshire
     unissued
e.   I'll Be Anything for You - 2:45  (Bobby Hebb) / arr: Solomon Burke
     A&M LP 12": SP 3011 — I'll Be Anything For You   (1968)
f.   altThere's Got To Be a Better Way arr: Solomon Burke
     unissued
g.1512   Goodnight My Love - 2:35  (George Mottola, John Marascalco) / arr: Solomon Burke
     A&M LP 12": SP 3011 — I'll Be Anything For You   (1968)
     A&M 45: 956    

Part of this session may have been recorded on June 12, 1968. The personnel is collective. The horns and strings were probably recorded in New York City.


Date: June 18, 1968
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Roland Kirk (ldr), Richard Williams (t), Dick Griffin, Benny Powell (tb), Roland Kirk (r, cel, per), Pepper Adams (bar), Daniel Jones (bsn), Alice Coltrane (hrp), Ron Burton (p), Vernon Martin (b), Jimmy Hopps (d), Sonny Brown, Warren Smith (per)

a.14717 (a)   Expansions: Kirkquest  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
b.14717 (b)   Expansions: Kingus Mingus  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
c.14717 (c)   Expansions: Celestialness  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
d.14717 (d)   Expansions: A Dream of Beauty Reincarnated  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
e.14717 (e)   Expansions: Frisco Vibrations  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
f.14717 (f)   Expansions: Classical Jazzical  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
g.14717 (g)   Expansions: Ellington Psalms  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
h.14717 (h)   Expansions: Haynes' Brain's Sayin's  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
i.14717 (i)   Expansions: What's Next - Overture  (Roland Kirk) / arr: Roland Kirk
All titles on:      Collectables CD: COL-CD-6340 — Left & Right   (2002)
     Atlantic (Eng.) LP 12": 588178 — Left and Right   
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1518 — Left and Right   (1969)

Kirk plays flute, tenor sax, manzello, stritch, celeste and thumb piano. Sound coloring is by Joe Texidor. The total time of this suite is 19:55.


Date: August 15, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: A&M

Tamiko Jones (ldr), Ray Copeland, Harold Johnson, Melvin Lastie (t), Benny Powell (tb), Howard Johnson, Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson (sax), Paul Gershman, Charles Libove (vn), Emanuel Vardi (vl), George Ricci (vc), Bill Fontaine, Carl Lynch (g), Richard Tee (key), Chuck Rainey (b), Herb Lovelle (d), Warren Smith (per), Teacho Wiltshire (con), Solomon Burke, Tamiko Jones (v)

a.tk. 4   Black Is Black - 2:55  (Tony Hayes, Michelle Grainger, Steve Wadey) / arr: Teacho Wiltshire
     A&M LP 12": SP 3011 — I'll Be Anything For You   (1968)
b.tk. 8   Try It Baby - 3:15  (Berry Gordy) / arr: Teacho Wiltshire
     A&M LP 12": SP 3011 — I'll Be Anything For You   (1968)
c.tk. 9   Unknown Title arr: Teacho Wiltshire
     unissued
d.   Suddenly - 2:40  (Solomon Burke) / arr: Teacho Wiltshire
     A&M LP 12": SP 3011 — I'll Be Anything For You   (1968)
e.   altI'll Be Anything for You  (Bobby Hebb) / arr: Teacho Wiltshire
     unissued

Solomon Burke (v) on b; Tamiko Jones (v) on a-b, d-e.


Date: September 4, 1968
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Eddie Harris (ldr), Bernie Glow, Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (t), Benny Powell (tb), Seldon Powell (r), Eddie Harris (sax), Jodie Christian (p), Melvin Jackson (b), Bruno Carr, Richard Smith (d), Marcelino Valdez (per)

a.15084   Free At Last - 3:15  (Eddie Harris) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic 45: 2607   
b.15085   1974 Blues - 4:22  (Eddie Harris) / arr: William Fischer
     Rhino CD: R2 71514 — The Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology   (1993)
Both titles on:      32 Jazz CD: 32067 — Eddie Harris: Greater Than the Sum Of His Parts   (1998)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1517 — Silver Cycles   (1969)

Bernie Glow (t) on a; Melvin Lastie (t) on b; Ernie Royal (t) on a; Snooky Young (t) on b.

Eddie Harris plays electric sax on both titles. The version of track a issued on Atlantic 2607 is edited.


Date: September 23-27, 1968
Location: Atlantic Studios, NY
Label: Atlantic

Aretha Franklin (ldr), Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Richard Williams, Snooky Young (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Tom Mitchell, Benny Powell (tb), George Dorsey (as), Frank Wess (as, f), King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], David 'Fathead' Newman, Seldon Powell (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Jack Jennings (vib), Kenny Burrell (g), Aretha Franklin (p, v), Junior Mance (p), Josef Zawinul (elp, or), Ron Carter (b), Bruno Carr, Grady Tate (d), Louie Goicdecha, Manuel Gonzales (per), Evelyn Greene, Wyline Ivy (bkv), Arif Mardin (con)

a.15333   So Long - 4:33  (Russ Morgan, Remus Harris, Irving Melsher) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
b.15334   Talk To Me  (Anita Baker, Michael Powell, Vernon Fails) / arr: Arif Mardin
     unissued
c.15335   I'll Never Be Free - 4:11  (George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
d.15336   Pitiful - 3:01  (Charles Singleton, Rose Marie McCoy) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 7 81230-2 — Aretha's Jazz   (1984)
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
e.15337   Ramblin' - 3:07  (Maybelle Smith) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 7 81230-2 — Aretha's Jazz   (1984)
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
f.15338   Gentle On My Mind - 2:26  (John Hartford) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
     Atlantic 45: 2619   
g.15339   Bring It On Home To Me - 3:39  (Sam Cooke) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 7 81230-2 — Aretha's Jazz   (1984)
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
h.15340   I Can't Turn You Loose  (Otis Redding) / arr: Arif Mardin
     unissued
i.15341   Crazy He Calls Me (Crazy She Calls Me) - 3:24  (Carl Sigman, Sidney Keith [Bob] Russell) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic CD: 7 81230-2 — Aretha's Jazz   (1984)
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
j.15342   Elusive Butterfly - 2:44  (Bob Lind) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
k.15343   If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody - 3:06  (Rudy Clarke) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)
l.15344   River's Invitation - 2:38  (Percy Mayfield) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71523 — Soul '69   (1993)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8212 — Soul '69   (1969)

Frank Wess (f) on a; Jack Jennings (vib) on f, i-j; Kenny Burrell (g) on a-h, k-l; Aretha Franklin (p) on f; Junior Mance (p) on a-f, h, k-l; Josef Zawinul (elp) on g, i-j; (or) on g, i-j; Bruno Carr (d) on d-l; Grady Tate (d) on a-c; Evelyn Greene (bkv) on f, i-j; Wyline Ivy (bkv) on f, i-j.

The personnel is collective. Track i is done with just trumpet, tenor saxophone, piano, organ, guitar, bass and drums. A flute is audible on track a (probably Wess).


Date: Late 1968
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios; Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, NY and Muscle Shoals, AL
Label: Atlantic

Arif Mardin (ldr), Joe Newman, Herb Pomeroy, Al Porcino, Ernie Royal (t), Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell (tb), Eddie Hinton (h, g), Charlie Mariano, Frank Wess (as), King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], Seldon Powell (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Jimmy Johnson (g), Barry Beckett (p, elp, or), Arif Mardin (p), David Hood (eb), Roger Hawkins (d, per)

a.17014   Listen Here - 3:10  (Eddie Harris) / arr: Arif Mardin
b.17021   Midnight Walk - 4:28  (Arif Mardin) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atlantic 45: 2996   
Both titles on:      Atlantic LP 12": SD 8222 — Glass Onion   (1970)

Arif Mardin (p) on b.

According to the LP liner notes, the remaining nine tracks of this issue involve different horns (not including Benny Powell), strings and backup vocals augmenting the same Muscle Shoals-based rhythm section. The trumpet solo on track a is by Joe Newman and the alto saxophone solo on track b by Charlie Mariano. The horns are overdubbed.


Date: December 2, 1968
Location: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Duke Pearson (ldr), Jim Bossy, Randy Brecker, Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm (t), Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Kenny Rupp (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Jerry Dodgion (as, pic, f), Al Gibbons (as, bcl, f), Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Andy Bey (v)

a.3056   Days Of Wine and Roses  (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Duke Pearson
b.3057   Here's That Rainy Day  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / arr: Duke Pearson
c.3058   Minor League  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
d.3059   I'm Tired of Cryin' Over You  (Buddy Johnson) / arr: Duke Pearson
All titles unissued.

Andy Bey (v) on d.

This session continued the next day.


Date: December 2, 1968
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

David 'Fathead' Newman (ldr), Melvin Lastie, Ernie Royal (t), Benny Powell (tb), Paul Ingram, Julius Watkins (frh), David 'Fathead' Newman (as, f), Jack Knitzer (o), Sanford Allen, Alfred Brown, Emanuel Green, Kermit Moore, Gene Orloff, Julius Schachter (str), Josef Zawinul (p), Richard Davis (b), Bruno Carr (d), Omar Clay (per), Selwart Clarke (dir)

a.15802   Shiloh - 4:30  (David 'Fathead' Newman) / arr: David 'Fathead' Newman
b.15803   Chained No More - 6:24  (David 'Fathead' Newman) / arr: William Fischer
     Rhino CD: R2 71452 — House of David: The David "Fathead" Newman Anthology   (1993)
Both titles on:      Rhino CD: R2 71453 — Bigger & Better/The Many Facets of David Newman   (1993)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-7839 — The Many Facets of David Newman/Heads Up   (2006)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1524 — The Many Facets of David Newman   (1969)

Melvin Lastie (t) on b; Ernie Royal (t) on b; Benny Powell (tb) on b; Paul Ingram (frh) on b; Julius Watkins (frh) on b; David 'Fathead' Newman (as) on b; (f) on a; Jack Knitzer (o) on b; Sanford Allen (str) on b; Alfred Brown (str) on b; Emanuel Green (str) on b; Kermit Moore (str) on b; Gene Orloff (str) on b; Julius Schachter (str) on b; Selwart Clarke (dir) on b.

The bassist on track b may be Ron Carter.


Date: December 3, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Duke Pearson (ldr), Jim Bossy, Randy Brecker, Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm (t), Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Kenny Rupp (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Jerry Dodgion (as, pic, f), Al Gibbons (as, bcl, f), Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Andy Bey (v)

a.3056 (tk. 53)   Days Of Wine and Roses - 5:55  (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (1998)
b.3057 (tk. 54)   Here's That Rainy Day - 4:20  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (1998)
c.3058 (tk. 55)   Minor League - 6:35  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (1998)
d.3059 (tk. 62)   I'm Tired of Cryin' Over You - 3:40  (Buddy Johnson) / arr: Duke Pearson
e.3060 (tk. 47)   Disapproachment - 5:42  (Frank Foster) / arr: Frank Foster
     Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (1998)
f.3061 (tk. 25)   Make It Good - 5:40  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (1998)
g.3062 (tk. 35)   Amanda - 3:40  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
h.3063 (tk. 43)   Dad Digs Mom (And Mom Digs Dad) - 2:45  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
i.3064 (tk. 60)   Tones For Joan's Bones - 5:30  (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson
     Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band   (1998)
All titles on:      Blue Note LP 12": BST 84308 — Now Hear This   (1969)

Andy Bey (v) on d.


Date: December 4, 1968
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

David 'Fathead' Newman (ldr), Melvin Lastie, Ernie Royal (t), Benny Powell (tb), Paul Ingram, Julius Watkins (frh), David 'Fathead' Newman (ts), Jack Knitzer (o), Sanford Allen, Alfred Brown, Emanuel Green, Kermit Moore, Gene Orloff, Julius Schachter (str), Josef Zawinul (p), Ron Carter (b), Bruno Carr (d), Omar Clay (per), Selwart Clarke (dir)

a.15806   David's Blues  (David 'Fathead' Newman)
     unissued
b.15807   That's All - 6:12  (Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt) / arr: William Fischer
     Rhino CD: R2 71453 — Bigger & Better/The Many Facets of David Newman   (1993)
     Rhino CD: R2 71452 — House of David: The David "Fathead" Newman Anthology   (1993)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-7839 — The Many Facets of David Newman/Heads Up   (2006)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1524 — The Many Facets of David Newman   (1969)
c.15808   Untitled Original  (Josef Zawinul)
     unissued

The exact personnel on tracks a and c is not known. The bassist may be Richard Davis.


Date: ca. 1969

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Newman (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (tb), Joe Farrell, Ed Pazant, Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson (r), James Moody (ts), Billy Butler, Cornell Dupree, Carl Lynch (g), Ernie Hayes (p, or), Al Williams (p), Jimmy Tyrell (b), Ray Lucas (d), George Devens (per), Ed Bland (con)

a.   Slew Foot (Turkey Fan) - 4:59  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
     Castle Communications (Eng.) CD: MBSCD 450 — The Black Box of Jazz   (1995)
     Pulse CD: 800 — Black & White Box of Jazz   (2000)
     Millenia CD: 31002 — The Black Box of Jazz   (2000)
b.   Soul Mama (Clabber Biscuits) - 3:44  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
c.   Azure Blue (Casbah Melon) - 4:37  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
d.   Sweet Stuff (The Sly Fox) - 4:16  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
e.   Dirty Dude (Blue Cuchifrito) - 4:17  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
     Castle Communications (Eng.) CD: MBSCD 450 — The Black Box of Jazz   (1995)
     Pulse CD: 800 — Black & White Box of Jazz   (2000)
     Millenia CD: 31002 — The Black Box of Jazz   (2000)
f.   Party Man (Turnip Tops) - 3:36  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
g.   Get To That (Chicken Giblets) - 3:02  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
h.   Soul Time (Pot Licka) - 2:58  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
i.   Gettin' Down (Stomped and Wasted) - 4:56  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
j.   Rutabaga Pie - 3:19  (Ed Bland) / arr: Ed Bland
All titles on:      Spotlite (Eng.) CD: 15113 — Sweet Soul   
     Essence/Music World CD: TBP 1035 — Sweet Soul Live   
     Jazz Time CD: 8153 — Soul Time   (1999)
     Marble Arch (Eng.) CD: MACCD 274 — Soul Time   (1999)
     Jazz After Hours CD: 200001 — Dizzy Gillespie   (2001)
     TIM (Ger.) CD: 205386 — Dizzy Gillespie - Sweet Stuff   (2001)
     Greatest Jazz CD: 205383 — Greatest Jazz Concerts, Vol. 1   (2001)
     Point Productions (Du.) LP 12": 2621492 — Live Sweet Soul   
     Pye (Eng.) LP 12": PKL 4403 — Souled Out   
     Trio (Jpn.) LP 12": PA 9735 — Sweet Soul   
     Tribute LP 12": TRI 5001 — Soul & Salvation   (1969)
     GWP LP 12": ST 2023 — Souled Out   (1970)
     Gateway LP 12": P 7025 — Sweet Soul   (1977)

Some issues have dubbed in applause. An unknown vocal group is present.


Date: February 12 & 13, 1969 & March 21, 1969
Location: Atlantic Studios, NY
Label: Atlantic

Hank Crawford (ldr), Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell (tb), Hank Crawford (as, p), Frank Wess (as), David 'Fathead' Newman (ts, f), Seldon Powell (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), unknown (str), Eric Gale (g), Paul Griffin (p, or), Richard Tee (p, elp), Ron Carter, Jerry Jemmott, Chuck Rainey (eb), Bernard Purdie (d), Arif Mardin, Gene Orloff (con)

a.16300   Groovin' - 2:41  (Felix Cavaliere, Edward Brigati, Jr.) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Rhino CD: R2 71673 — Heart and Soul: The Hank Crawford Anthology   (1994)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
     Atlantic 45: 2688   
b.16301   Never Let Me Go - 3:28  (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
c.16302   Ain't No Way - 3:57  (Carolyn Franklin) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
     Atlantic 45: 2688   
d.16303   I Can't See Myself Leaving You - 3:32  (Ronnie Shannon) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
e.16304   Since You've Been Gone (Sweet, Sweet Baby) - 2:16  (Ted White, Aretha Franklin) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
f.16305   Going Down Slow - 7:26  (James Oden) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
g.16306   Lady Soul - 3:12  (Hank Crawford) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
h.16307   Take a Look - 3:13  (Clyde Otis) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
i.16308   Baby, I Love You - 3:40  (Ronnie Shannon) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
j.16309   Soul Serenade - 3:30  (Curtis Ousley [King Curtis], Luther Dixon) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6244 — Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1999)
     Collectables CD: COL-1126 — Only the Best of Hank Crawford   (2009)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1523 — Mister Blues Plays Lady Soul   (1969)
k.16310   Going Down Slow  (James Oden) / arr: Arif Mardin
     unissued

Bernie Glow (t) on a, c-g, i-k; Joe Newman (t) on a, c-g, i-k; Ernie Royal (t) on a, c-g, i-k; Snooky Young (t) on a, c-g, i-k; Jimmy Cleveland (tb) on a-e; Benny Powell (tb) on a-e; Hank Crawford (as) on a-g, i-k; (p) on g; Frank Wess (as) on a, c-g, i-k; David 'Fathead' Newman (ts) on a, c-k; Seldon Powell (ts) on a, c-g, i-k; Pepper Adams (bar) on a, c-g, i-k; unknown (str) on b, h; Paul Griffin (p) on a, c-k; Richard Tee (p) on f-g, i-k; (elp) on f-g, i-k; Ron Carter (eb) on a-c; Jerry Jemmott (eb) on d-e; Chuck Rainey (eb) on f-k; Gene Orloff (con) on b, h.

As was the case with many of these Atlantic sessions, the horns were recorded on a different date (March 21, 1969 according to Pepper Adams biographer Gary Carner) and overdubbed.


Date: February 24-25, 1969
Location: Atlantic Studios, NY
Label: Atlantic

Roberta Flack (ldr), Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham (t), Benny Powell (tb), Frank Wess (ts), Seldon Powell (bar), Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Roberta Flack (p, v), Ron Carter (b), Ray Lucas (d)

a.16386   Tryin' Times - 5:07  (Donny Hathaway, Lee Hutson) / arr: William Fischer
b.16388   Compared To What - 5:15  (Gene McDaniels) / arr: William Fischer
     Atlantic 45: 2665   
Both titles on:      Atlantic CD: 8230-2 — First Take   (1987)
     Atlantic CD: 8279-2 — First Take   (1995)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 8230 — First Take   (1969)

Several other tracks were recorded at these sessions but these are the only ones with the horn section. As was the case with many of these Atlantic sessions, the horns may have been recorded on a different date and overdubbed. The version of track b issued on Atlantic 2665 is edited.


Date: April 25, 1969
Location: NY
Label: Pablo

Duke Ellington (ldr), Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Jimmy Owens, Cootie Williams (t), Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Bennie Green, Benny Powell (tb), Johnny Hodges, Norris Turney (as), Russell Procope (as, cl), Harold Ashby (ts, cl), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bar), Duke Ellington (p), Victor Gaskin, Paul Kondziela (b), Rufus Jones (d)

a.   What Good Am I Without You  (Milton Ager)
     unissued
b.   Hallucinations  (Duke Ellington)
     unissued
c.   Neo-Creole  (Duke Ellington)
     unissued
d.   Wanderlust - 6:26  (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges)
     Pablo CD: OJCCD-633-2 — Up In Duke's Workshop   (1991)
     Pablo LP 12": OJC-633 — Up In Duke's Workshop   
     Pablo LP 12": 2310-815 — Up In Duke's Workshop   (1980)

Several takes of each title, many incompete or rehearsals, were recorded. Only one unidentified take of Wanderlust was issued. This is music from the soundtrack of the movie "Change of Mind," directed by Robert Stevens, for which Ellington wrote the score. The personnel is collective and probably more than one session was involved. See: the Library of Congress Website.


Date: June 17, 1969
Location: A&R Studios, NY
Label: Solid State

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Danny Moore, Jimmy Nottingham, Richard Williams, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh), Eddie Bert, Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell (tb), Cliff Heather (bt), Jerome Richardson (ss, as, f), Jerry Dodgion (as, cl), Eddie Daniels, Joe Farrell (ts, cl), Joe Temperley (bar, bcl), Sam Brown, Barry Galbraith (g), Roland Hanna (p), Richard Davis (b, eb), Mel Lewis (d)

a.   Tow Away Zone  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     unissued
b.4458 (tk. 3)   Central Park North - 9:14  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5419 — Central Park North   (1991)
     LRC Ltd. CD: CDC 9004 — Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Sonny Lester Collection   (1991)
     Mosaic CD: MD5-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": SR 3057 — Central Park North   
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": LAX 3160 — Central Park North   
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": BND 4004 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84498 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Solid State LP 12": SS-18058 — Central Park North   (1969)
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA392-H2 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   (1975)
     Mosaic LP 12": MQ7-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)
c.4455 (tk. 5)   Jive Samba - 8:52  (Nat Adderley) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5419 — Central Park North   (1991)
     LRC Ltd. CD: CDC 9004 — Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Sonny Lester Collection   (1991)
     Mosaic CD: MD5-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": SR 3057 — Central Park North   
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": LAX 3160 — Central Park North   
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": BND 4004 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84498 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Solid State LP 12": SS-18058 — Central Park North   (1969)
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA392-H2 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   (1975)
     Mosaic LP 12": MQ7-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)

Richard Davis (eb) on a-b.


Date: June 18, 1969
Location: A&R Studios, NY
Label: Solid State

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Danny Moore, Jimmy Nottingham, Richard Williams, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh), Eddie Bert, Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell (tb), Cliff Heather (bt), Jerome Richardson (ss, f), Jerry Dodgion (as, cl), Eddie Daniels, Joe Farrell (ts, cl), Joe Temperley (bar, bcl), Sam Brown, Barry Galbraith (g), Roland Hanna (p), Richard Davis (b, eb), Mel Lewis (d)

a.tk. 8   Quietude - 4:03  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
b.4457 (tk. 5)   Big Dipper - 5:51  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": BND 4004 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84498 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA392-H2 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   (1975)
c.tk. 3   Tow Away Zone - 4:51  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
d.4456 (tk. 9)   The Groove Merchant - 5:09  (Jerome Richardson) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": BND 4004 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84498 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA392-H2 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   (1975)
All titles on:      Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5419 — Central Park North   (1991)
     LRC Ltd. CD: CDC 9004 — Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Sonny Lester Collection   (1991)
     Mosaic CD: MD5-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": SR 3057 — Central Park North   
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": LAX 3160 — Central Park North   
     Solid State LP 12": SS-18058 — Central Park North   (1969)
     Mosaic LP 12": MQ7-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)

Sam Brown (g) on c-d.


Date: August 20, 1969
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Les McCann (ldr), Jimmy Owens, Joe Wilder, Richard Williams (t), Dick Griffin, Benny Powell (tb), Richard Landry (bar), Roberta Flack (p, v), Junior Mance (p), Stanley Cowell (or), Ron Carter (b), Billy Cobham (d), William Fischer, Valerie Simpson (con), Les McCann (v)

a.17561   Can't We Be Strangers Again - 5:09  (Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis) / arr: William Fischer, Valerie Simpson
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6167 — Comment   (2001)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1547 — Comment   (1970)
b.17562   Baby, Baby - 2:52  (Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis) / arr: William Fischer, Valerie Simpson
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6167 — Comment   (2001)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1547 — Comment   (1970)
     Atlantic 45: 2730   
c.17563   Untitled Bossa Nova arr: William Fischer, Valerie Simpson
     unissued

Roberta Flack (p) on a; (v) on b; Junior Mance (p) on b-c; Stanley Cowell (or) on a, c.

An unidentified vocal group is present on track a.


Date: August 21, 1969
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Les McCann (ldr), Jimmy Owens, Joe Wilder, Richard Williams (t), Dick Griffin, Benny Powell (tb), Richard Landry (bar), Richard Tee (p), Ron Carter (eb), Billy Cobham (d), Les McCann (v)

a.17564   What I Call Soul - 4:11  (Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis)
     Collectables CD: COL-CD-6167 — Comment   (2001)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1547 — Comment   (1970)
     Atlantic 45: 2713   

Date: Between October 4 and December 8, 1969
Location: NY
Label: Warner Bros.

Herbie Hancock (ldr), Johnny Coles (t, fh), Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (tb), Ray Alonge (frh), Joe Farrell (as, ts), Joe Henderson (ts, af), Arthur Clarke (bar), Billy Butler, Eric Gale (g), Herbie Hancock (p, elp), Jerry Jemmott (eb), Bernard Purdie (d), George Devens (per)

a.   Wiggle-Waggle - 5:48  (Herbie Hancock)
     Verve CD: 00602517809666 (001176302) — Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock   (2008)
b.   Lil' Brother - 4:25  (Herbie Hancock)
Both titles on:      Warner Bros. CD: 45732 — Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings   (1994)
     WEA International CD: 9362 47540-2 — Fat Albert Rotunda   (2001)
     Warner (Eng.) LP 12": 56293 — Fat Albert Rotunda   
     Warner Music/Atlantic (Jpn.) LP 12": BP 8986 — Fat Albert Rotunda   
     Warner Bros. LP 12": WS 1834 — Fat Albert Rotunda   (1969)

These are the only tracks from the Fat Albert Rotunda album on which Benny Powell performs.

From The Joe Henderson Discography: The Lord [and Bruyninckx] Discograph[ies list] this recording as October 3, 1969. However, Henderson was still in Europe at the time finishing up a tour with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. Chris Genzel's Herbie Hancock Discography indicates that this recording took place over multiple sessions, beginning on October 4, then October 16, November 26 and finally December 8.

Which of these four dates these tracks were recorded is unknown.


Date: December 7, 1969
Location: Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Label: [radio broadcast]

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Danny Moore, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh), Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell, Julian Priester (tb), Bob Burgess (bt), Jerry Dodgion (as, f), Jerome Richardson (as), Eddie Daniels, Joe Henderson (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Roland Hanna (p), Jimmy McGriff (or), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d)

a.   Don't Get Sassy (Don't Git Sassy) - 9:39  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note CD: CDP 7 89287 2 — Joe Henderson: The Blue Note Years   (1994)
b.   Lil' Darlin' - 5:41  (Neal Hefti)
Both titles on:      Blue Note LP 12": BST 89905 — Jazz Wave Ltd. On Tour   (1970)

Jimmy McGriff (or) on b.

The remaining tracks recorded from this broadcast do not involve the big band and Benny Powell does not perform on them.

Blue Note 89905 incorrectly lists track b as "Slow But Sure" by Manny Albam. See The Joe Henderson Discography.


Date: December 10, 1969
Location: Donauhalle, Ulm, Germany
Label: [radio broadcast]

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh), Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell, Julian Priester (tb), Bob Burgess (bt), Jerry Dodgion (as, f), Jerome Richardson (as), Eddie Daniels, Joe Henderson (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Jeremy Steig (f), Kenny Burrell (g), Roland Hanna (p), Jimmy McGriff (or), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d)

a.   Groove Merchant  (Jerome Richardson) / arr: Thad Jones
     unissued
b.   Willow Weep For Me - 5:23  (Ann Ronell) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
     unissued
c.   Lil' Darlin'  (Neal Hefti) / arr: Thad Jones
     unissued
d.   See See Rider (See See Rider Blues, C.C. Rider, Easy Rider) - 4:22  (Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey) / arr: Thad Jones
     unissued
e.   Love Walked In  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Thad Jones
     unissued
f.   Avenue C  (Buck Clayton) / arr: Thad Jones
     unissued
g.   St. Louis Blues - 14:29  (W. C. Handy) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
     unissued
h.   Fingers - 5:40  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     unissued
i.   Once Around - 15:24  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 89905 — Jazz Wave Ltd. On Tour   (1970)

Freddie Hubbard (t) on i; Jeremy Steig (f) on i; Kenny Burrell (g) on e-f, i; Jimmy McGriff (or) on c-d, i.

Information comes from The Joe Henderson Discography. Four small group tracks featuring Jeremy Steig, Freddie Hubbard and Kenny Burrell were also recorded at this concert but Benny Powell does not perform on them.


Date: ca. 1970
Location: NY
Label: Mainstream

Ernie Wilkins (ldr), Ray Copeland, Lloyd Michaels, Joe Newman, Snooky Young (t), Dave Bargeron, John Gordon, Jack Jeffers, Benny Powell, Billy Ver Planck (tb), Hubert Laws (sax, f), Billy Mitchell, Joe Temperley, Chris Woods (sax), Arthur Bitker, Billy Butler, Lionel 'Linc' Chamberland, David Spinozza (g), Frank Owens (p, or), Chuck Rainey (eb), Grady Tate (d), unknown (per), Ernie Wilkins (con)

a.   Evil Ways - 3:16  (Clarence Henry) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
b.   Midnight Hour - 2:29  (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
c.   Dock of the Bay - 3:00  (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
d.   Funky Broadway - 2:52  (Arlester Christian) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
e.   I Can't Make It - 4:08  (Ernie Wilkins) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
f.   Big Foot Country - 3:53  (Ernie Wilkins) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
g.   Next Year's Blues - 2:35  (Ernie Wilkins) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
h.   Respect - 2:08  (Otis Redding) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
i.   Thank You - 3:18  (Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone)) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
j.   No Money Blues - 3:21  (Ernie Wilkins) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
k.   Spoonful - 2:35  (Willie Dixon) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
All titles on:      Mainstream LP 12": MRL 305 — Hard Mother Blues   (1971)
     Mainstream LP 12": MRL 806 — Screaming Mothers   (1974)

Hubert Laws (f) on b-c; Frank Owens (p) on h-i; (or) on a-g, j-k; unknown (per) on a, j.

The recording date is uncertain. The personnel is probably collective over more than one session.


Date: ca. 1970
Location: NY
Label: Mainstream

Ernie Wilkins (ldr), Ray Copeland, Lloyd Michaels, Joe Newman, Woody Shaw, Snooky Young (t), Dave Bargeron, John Gordon, George Jeffers, Jack Jeffers, Benny Powell, Billy Ver Planck (tb), Hubert Laws, Billy Mitchell, Joe Temperley, Chris Woods (ww), Arthur Bitker, Kenny Burrell, Billy Butler, David Spinozza (g), Frank Anderson, Frank Owens (p, or), Chuck Rainey (eb), Herb Lovelle, Grady Tate (d), Ernie Wilkins (con)

a.   Spinning Wheel - 2:30  (David Clayton Thomas) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
b.   Everyday People - 2:22  (Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone)) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
c.   Come Together - 3:33  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
d.   Get Back - 3:05  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
e.   Honky Tonk Women - 2:37  (Mick Jagger, Keith Richard) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
f.   Sugar, Sugar - 3:33  (Jeff Barry, Andy Kim) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
g.   Susie Q - 5:40  (Dale Hawkins, Stanley Lewis, Eleanor Broadwater) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
h.   Baby It's You - 2:14  (Burt Bacharach, Mack David, Barney Williams) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
i.   One - 2:41  (Harry Nilsson) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
j.   Journey To the Center of the Mind - 3:18  (Steve Farmer, Ted Nugent) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
k.   Down On Me - 2:12  (Janis Joplin) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
All titles on:      Mainstream LP 12": MRL 806 — Screaming Mothers   (1974)

The recording date is uncertain. The personnel is probably collective over more than one session.


Date: January 20, 1970
Location: A&R Studios, NY
Label: Solid State

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Danny Moore, Jimmy Nottingham, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh), Eddie Bert, Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell (tb), Cliff Heather (bt), Dick Berg, Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Julius Watkins (frh), Howard Johnson (tu), Jerry Dodgion (as, cl, f), Jerome Richardson (as, f), Eddie Daniels (ts, cl, f), Billy Harper (ts, f), Richie Kamuca (bar, cl), Roland Hanna (p), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d)

a.5854 (tk 8)   Dedication - 5:11  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     LRC Ltd. CD: CDC 9004 — Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Sonny Lester Collection   (1991)
b.5861 (tk 14)   Consummation - 5:08  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
Both titles on:      Mosaic CD: MD5-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)
     Blue Note CD: 7243 8 38226 2 — Consummation   (2002)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": GXF 3037 — Consummation   
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": SR 3110 — Consummation   
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84346 — Consummation   (1970)
     Mosaic LP 12": MQ7-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)

Date: January 21, 1970
Location: A&R Studios, NY
Label: Solid State

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Danny Moore, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh), Eddie Bert, Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell (tb), Cliff Heather (bt), Jerome Richardson (ss, f), Jerry Dodgion (as, cl, f), Eddie Daniels (ts, cl, f), Billy Harper (ts, f), Richie Kamuca (bar, cl), Roland Hanna (p), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d)

a.5855 (tk 7)   It Only Happens Every Time - 3:05  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
b.5856 (tk 11)   Tiptoe - 6:39  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": BND 4004 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84498 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA392-H2 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   (1975)
Both titles on:      LRC Ltd. CD: CDC 9004 — Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Sonny Lester Collection   (1991)
     Mosaic CD: MD5-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)
     Blue Note CD: 7243 8 38226 2 — Consummation   (2002)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": GXF 3037 — Consummation   
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": SR 3110 — Consummation   
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84346 — Consummation   (1970)
     Mosaic LP 12": MQ7-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)

Date: January 28, 1970
Location: A&R Studios, NY
Label: Solid State

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Danny Moore, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh), Eddie Bert, Cliff Heather, Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell (tb), Jerome Richardson (ss, as, f), Jerry Dodgion (as, cl, f), Eddie Daniels (ts, cl, f), Billy Harper (ts, f), Joe Farrell (bar), Roland Hanna (p), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d)

a.   Ahunk Ahunk  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     unissued
b.5860 (tk 8)   Fingers - 10:36  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     Mosaic CD: MD5-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)
     Blue Note CD: 7243 8 38226 2 — Consummation   (2002)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": GXF 3037 — Consummation   
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": SR 3110 — Consummation   
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84346 — Consummation   (1970)
     Mosaic LP 12": MQ7-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)

Date: March 3 & 5, 1970
Location: Criteria Studio (Miami), Atlantic Recording Studios (NY), NY and Miami, FL
Label: Cotillion

Brook Benton (ldr), Joe Newman (t), Benny Powell (tb), George Dorsey (as), King Curtis [Curtis Ousley] (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Jim Dickinson (g, key), Charlie Freeman, Stu Scharf (g), Mike Utley (elp, or), Tommy McClure (eb), Sammy Creason (d), Sweet Inspirations (bkv), Brook Benton, Cissy Houston (v)

a.18725   Don't It Make You Wanta Go Home - 3:21  (Joe South) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
b.18726   Aspen Colorado - 3:32  (Joe White) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
c.18727   Willie and Laura Mae Jones - 3:58  (Joe White) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
d.18728   Old Man Willie arr: Arif Mardin
     unissued
e.18729   It's All In The Game - 3:40  (Carl Sigman, Charles Dawes) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
f.18730   Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - 3:37  (Bob Dylan) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
g.18731   Are You Sincere - 3:24  (Wayne P. Walker) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
h.18732   For Lee Ann - 3:46  (Joe White) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
i.18733   Born Under A Bad Sign - 3:08  (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
j.18734   Whoever Finds This, I Love You - 4:27  (Mac Davis) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)
k.18735   Before You See a Big Man Cry  (Gregory Carroll, Larry Harrison) / arr: Arif Mardin
     unissued
l.18736   Let Me Fix It - 4:27  (Brook Benton) / arr: Arif Mardin
     DBK Works CD: 506 — Today/Home Style   (2004)
     Cotillion LP 12": SD 9028 — Home Style   (1970)

Cissy Houston (v) on l.

Brook Benton was backed on these sessions by the Dixie Flyers who recorded in the Miami studio. The horns (Newman, Powell, Dorsey, Curtis, Adams) and an unidentified string section were recorded in New York (date unknown) and overdubbed.


Date: March 25, 1970
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: A&M

Quincy Jones (ldr), Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t, fh), Wayne Andre, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Tony Studd (bt), Jerome Richardson (ss), Pepper Adams (bar), Danny Bank (bar, bsx), Hubert Laws (f), Seymour Barab, Kermit Moore, Lucien Schmidt, Alan Shulman (vc), Milt Jackson (vib), Eric Gale (g), Toots Thielemans (g, w), Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Bobby Scott (key), Ray Brown, Major Holley (b), Grady Tate (d), Jimmy Johnson, Warren Smith (per), Hilda Harris, Marilyn Jackson, Quincy Jones, Barbara Massey, Valerie Simpson, Maretha Stewart (v)

a.tk. 5   Hummin' - 8:05  (Nat Adderley) / arr: Quincy Jones
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: D32Y 3812 — Gula Matari   (1987)
     Pony Canyon (M&I Jazz) (Jpn.) CD: D22Y 3923 — Gula Matari   (1989)
     A&M CD: 0820-2 — Gula Matari   (1990)
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: POCM 5005 — Gula Matari   (1992)
     Verve CD: 314 535 271-2 — Verve Jazz Masters 59: Toots Thielemans   (1996)
     A&M (Eng.)/Hamlet LP 12": AMLS 992 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AML 333 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": LAX 4094 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AMP 18103 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": C25Y 3812 — Gula Matari   
     A&M LP 12": SP/SP 9 3030 — Gula Matari   (1970)
b.tk. 7   Ground Hog  (Duke Pearson) / arr: Quincy Jones
     unissued
c.tk. 12   Country Preacher  (Josef Zawinul) / arr: Quincy Jones
     unissued

This information comes from The CTI Discography. The personnel is collective over this session and those of March 26 and May 12, 1970 below. It is not confirmed that unissued track b is, in fact, the Duke Pearson composition.


Date: March 26, 1970
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: A&M

Quincy Jones (ldr), Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t, fh), Wayne Andre, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Tony Studd (bt), Jerome Richardson (ss), Pepper Adams (bar), Danny Bank (bar, bsx), Hubert Laws (f), Seymour Barab, Kermit Moore, Lucien Schmidt, Alan Shulman (vc), Milt Jackson (vib), Eric Gale (g), Toots Thielemans (g, w), Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Bobby Scott (key), Ray Brown, Major Holley (b), Grady Tate (d), Jimmy Johnson, Warren Smith (per), Hilda Harris, Marilyn Jackson, Quincy Jones, Barbara Massey, Valerie Simpson, Maretha Stewart (v)

a.   Bridge Over Troubled Water - 6:10  (Paul Simon) / arr: Quincy Jones
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: D32Y 3812 — Gula Matari   (1987)
     Pony Canyon (M&I Jazz) (Jpn.) CD: D22Y 3923 — Gula Matari   (1989)
     A&M CD: 0820-2 — Gula Matari   (1990)
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: POCM 5005 — Gula Matari   (1992)
     A&M CD: 397 074-2 — Quincy Jones   (2002)
     A&M (Eng.)/Hamlet LP 12": AMLS 992 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AML 333 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": LAX 4094 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AMP 18103 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": C25Y 3812 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Eng.)/Hamlet LP 12": AMLP 8005 — Ironside   
     Music for Pleasure (Eng.) LP 12": MFP 50441 — Quincy Jones   
     A&M LP 12": SP/SP 9 3030 — Gula Matari   (1970)
     A&M 45: 1184   

This information comes from The CTI Discography. The personnel is collective over this session and those of March 25 above and May 12, 1970 below.


Date: April 19, 1970
Location: NY; Muscle Shoals, AL
Label: Atco

King Curtis [Curtis Ousley] (ldr), Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (t), Benny Powell (tb), King Curtis [Curtis Ousley] (ss, as, ts, g), Trevor Lawrence (bar), unknown (str), Cornell Dupree, Eddie Hinton (g), Barry Beckett (elp, or), David Hood (eb), Roger Hawkins (d)

a.19010   Something - 3:46  (George Harrison) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atco (Fr.) LP 12": 505057 — Get Ready   
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-338 — Get Ready   (1970)
b.19011   Someday We'll Be Together - 2:56  (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atco (Fr.) LP 12": 505057 — Get Ready   
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-338 — Get Ready   (1970)
c.19012   Bridge Over Troubled Water - 4:15  (Paul Simon) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atco (Fr.) LP 12": 505057 — Get Ready   
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-338 — Get Ready   (1970)
     Atco 45: 6762   
d.19013   Miss Prissy  (Vic Chesnutt) / arr: Arif Mardin
     unissued
e.19014   Sugar Foot - 1:55  (Curtis Ousley [King Curtis], David Hood) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atco (Fr.) LP 12": 505057 — Get Ready   
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-338 — Get Ready   (1970)
f.19015   Floatin' - 3:02 arr: Arif Mardin
     Atco (Fr.) LP 12": 505057 — Get Ready   
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-338 — Get Ready   (1970)
     Atco 45: 6779   
g.19016   Let It Be - 2:54  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Razor & Tie CD: 2054 — Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis   (1994)
     Atco (Fr.) LP 12": 505057 — Get Ready   
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-338 — Get Ready   (1970)
h.19017   Promenade - 2:30  (Curtis Ousley [King Curtis], David Hood, Cornell Dupree) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Atco (Fr.) LP 12": 505057 — Get Ready   
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-338 — Get Ready   (1970)
i.19018   Get Ready - 2:12  (William 'Smokey' Robinson) / arr: Arif Mardin
     Razor & Tie CD: 2054 — Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis   (1994)
     Atco (Fr.) LP 12": 505057 — Get Ready   
     Atco LP 12": SD 33-338 — Get Ready   (1970)
     Atco 45: 6762   

King Curtis [Curtis Ousley] (g) on h.

The backup horns and strings were recorded in New York and overdubbed to the Muscle Shoals-based rhythm section.


Date: May 12, 1970
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: A&M

Quincy Jones (ldr), Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t, fh), Wayne Andre, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Tony Studd (bt), Jerome Richardson (ss), Pepper Adams (bar), Danny Bank (bar, bsx), Hubert Laws (f), Seymour Barab, Kermit Moore, Lucien Schmidt, Alan Shulman (vc), Milt Jackson (vib), Don Elliott (mar), Eric Gale (g), Toots Thielemans (g, w), Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Bobby Scott (key), Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Major Holley (b), Grady Tate (d), Jimmy Johnson, Warren Smith (per), Hilda Harris, Marilyn Jackson, Quincy Jones, Barbara Massey, Valerie Simpson, Maretha Stewart (v)

a.   Walkin' (Gravy) - 7:55  (Jimmy Mundy, Richard Carpenter) / arr: Quincy Jones
     A&M CD: 17767 — A&M Jazz Series: Sampler Spring 1989   (1989)
     Verve (Ger.) CD: 06007 5301956 — Summer In the City   (2007)
     A&M LP 12": SP-6-3021 — Audio Master Plus Series Sampler: Vol. 2   
b.   Gula Matari - 13:05  (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
     A&M CD: 6550-2 — Quincy Jones: Classics Vol. 3   (1987)
     A&M CD: 314 540 556-2 — Greatest Hits   (1996)
     A&M (Eng.)/Hamlet LP 12": AMLP 8005 — Ironside   
     Music for Pleasure (Eng.) LP 12": MFP 50441 — Quincy Jones   
     A&M LP 12": SP 3705 — I Heard That!   (1976)
     A&M 45: 1216   
Both titles on:      A&M (Jpn.) CD: D32Y 3812 — Gula Matari   (1987)
     Pony Canyon (M&I Jazz) (Jpn.) CD: D22Y 3923 — Gula Matari   (1989)
     A&M CD: 0820-2 — Gula Matari   (1990)
     A&M (Jpn.) CD: POCM 5005 — Gula Matari   (1992)
     A&M (Eng.)/Hamlet LP 12": AMLS 992 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AML 333 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": LAX 4094 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": AMP 18103 — Gula Matari   
     A&M (Jpn.) LP 12": C25Y 3812 — Gula Matari   
     A&M LP 12": SP/SP 9 3030 — Gula Matari   (1970)

Don Elliott (mar) on b; Ron Carter (b) on b; Richard Davis (b) on b.

This information comes from The CTI Discography. This source states the following: "The sleeve of A&M SP-3030 indicates the recording date of 'Walkin'' and 'Gula Matari' as March 12, 1970. Creed Taylor's notes indicate the recording date as of May 12, 1970." The personnel is collective over this session and those of March 25 & 26, 1970 above.


Date: May 25, 1970
Location: A&R Studios, NY
Label: Solid State

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis (ldr), Danny Moore, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young (t), Thad Jones (fh), Eddie Bert, Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell (tb), Cliff Heather (bt), Jerome Richardson (ss, as, f), Jerry Dodgion (as, cl, f), Eddie Daniels (ts, cl, f), Billy Harper (ts, f), Pepper Adams (bar), David Spinozza (g), Roland Hanna (p), Richard Davis (b, eb), Mel Lewis (d)

a.5857 (tk 1)   A Child Is Born - 4:06  (Alec Wilder, Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     LRC Ltd. CD: CDC 9004 — Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Sonny Lester Collection   (1991)
     Blue Note CD: 0946 3 63527 2 5 — Ultimate Jazz Christmas   (2006)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 66365 — Ultimate Jazz Christmas   (2007)
     Blue Note (Du.) LP 12": 1A158-83401/4 — 40 Years of Jazz: History of Blue Note - Box 5   
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": UALP 19 — Blue Note Sampler, Vol. 2   
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": BND 4004 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84498 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA392-H2 — Thad Jones & Mel Lewis   (1975)
b.5858 (tk 18)   Us - 3:34  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note 45: 45-1962   
c.5859 (tk 8)   Ahunk Ahunk - 7:55  (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
     Blue Note CD: 7243 4 97155 2 — Blue Big Bands   (1999)
All titles on:      Mosaic CD: MD5-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)
     Blue Note CD: 7243 8 38226 2 — Consummation   (2002)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": GXF 3037 — Consummation   
     Solid State (Jpn.) LP 12": SR 3110 — Consummation   
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 84346 — Consummation   (1970)
     Mosaic LP 12": MQ7-151 — The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra   (1994)

David Spinozza (g) on b-c; Richard Davis (b) on a; (eb) on b-c.

An Edited version of Us is found on 45-1962. An edited version of A Child Is Born is found on UALP 19.


Date: ca. 1971
Location: NY
Label: Fortress

Eddie Bonnemere (ldr), Al Brown (t), Eddie Preston (t, fh), Benny Powell (tb), Howard Johnson, Arnie Lawrence (as, cl), Lawrence 'Rico' Henderson (ts), William Bivens (bar), Roy Phelps (g), Ira Stuart (p, per), Eddie Bonnemere (or), Hal Gaylor, Joe Scott (b), Sticks Evans (d, tmp)

a.   Missa Laetare
     Fortress LP 12": CSS-795 — Missa Laetare   

The Lutheran Symphony Choir of Philadelphia under the direction of Robert Bornemann also appear on this session.


Date: ca. 1971
Location: LA
Label: Just for the Record

Tommy Vig (ldr), Bud Brisbois, Buddy Childers, Jack Feierman, Jim Kartchner, Johnny Rinaldo, Steve Spiegl (t, fh), Grover Mitchell, Frank Rosolino (tb), Dave Wells (tb, bh), Benny Powell, Dave Rinaldo, Kenny Shroyer (bt), Ernie Tack (tu), Bob Cooper, Jackie Kelso (John Kelson, Jr., Jack Kelson), Anthony Ortega, Bill Perkins, Ira Schulman (r), Tommy Vig (vib), Billy Fender (g), Tom Garvin (p), David Dyson (b), Joe Porcaro (d), Jack Arnold, Jules Greenberg (per)

a.   Autumn Leaves  (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
b.   A Blues
c.   For Mia
d.   Study IV
e.   Suspense
f.   Veled Vagyok Meg Gondolatban (I'm Still Thinking of You)
g.   C Side
All titles on:      Just for the Record LP 12": ??   

Date: November 16-20, 1971
Location: LA
Label: Mainstream

Sarah Vaughan (ldr), Al Aarons, Buddy Childers, Gene Goe (t), George Bohanon, Benny Powell (tb), Bill Green, Jackie Kelso (John Kelson, Jr., Jack Kelson), Jerome Richardson (sax, f), Joe Pass, Al Vescovo (g), Bill Mays (key, p), Bob Magnusson (eb), Earl Palmer (d), Jimmy Cobb, Alan Estes (per), unknown (bkv), Ernie Wilkins (con), Sarah Vaughan (v)

a.   Imagine - 4:36  (John Lennon) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
     Mainstream 45: MST 5512   (1971)
b.   On Thinking It Over - 3:27  (Brian Auger, Jim Mullen) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
c.   Inner City Blues - 4:08  (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx, Jr.) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
     Mainstream CD: MDCD 720 — The Best of Mainstream Jazz   (1991)
     Mainstream 45: MST 5517   
d.   Sweet Gingerbread Man - 3:00  (Michel LeGrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
     Mainstream 45: MST 5512   (1971)
e.   Magical Connection - 2:37  (John Sebastian) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
f.   That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - 4:55  (Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
g.   Tomorrow City - 3:12  (Brian Auger) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
h.   Universal Prisoner - 4:04  (Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
i.   Trouble - 2:55  (Brian Auger, Jim Mullen) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
j.   If Not For You - 2:47  (Bob Dylan) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
All titles on:      Mobile Fidelity CD: MFCD 855 — A Time In My Life   (1990)
     Mainstream CD: MDCD 704 — A Time In My Life   (1991)
     Jazz Heritage CD: 512865Z — A Time In My Life   (1991)
     Mainstream (Eng.) LP 12": MSL 1024 — A Time In My Life   
     Jazz Heritage LP 12": 912865L — A Time In My Life   
     Mainstream LP 12": MRL 340 — A Time In My Life   (1972)

unknown (bkv) on c.

On Mainstream 340, Jazz Heritage 512865 and possibly other issues, Childers is listed as "Buddy Childress," Aarons is listed as "Al Aaron" and Mays is listed as "Willy Mays."


Date: December 17, 1971
Location: Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: Temponic

Cat Anderson, Bill Berry, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Gene Goe, Ray Triscari (t), Bill Prince (t, cl, f), George Bohanon, Nick Di Maio, Benny Powell, Bill Tole (tb), Bob Cooper, Bill Hood, Jerome Richardson, Marshal Royal, Bud Shank (r), Flip Phillips (ts), Barney Kessel, Al Viola (g), Jimmy Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Louie Bellson (d), Jack Arnold (per), Benny Carter (con), Ernestine Anderson, Gene Merlino, Marlene Ver Planck, Joe Williams (v)

a.   I'm Falling In Love  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
b.instr. version   I'm Falling In Love  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
c.   When You're Young - 4:24  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
     Temponic LP 12": TB 29561 — Joe Williams: With Love   
d.   Who's Rockin' the Boat  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     unissued
e.   Thank You Mr. Moon  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
f.instr. version   Thank You Mr. Moon  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
g.   Isn't It Funny?  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     unissued
h.   Serenade To Genie  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
i.instr. version   Serenade To Genie  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
j.   The Quiet Hours (Concerto for Genie)  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
k.instr. version   The Quiet Hours (Concerto for Genie)  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
l.   Pretty Girl  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   
m.instr. version   Pretty Girl  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   

Bill Prince (t) on b, i, m; (cl) on f, i; (f) on k; Ernestine Anderson (v) on a, d-e, g; Gene Merlino (v) on h, l; Marlene Ver Planck (v) on j; Joe Williams (v) on c.

Flip Phillips solos on many of the tracks. The Music of Bob Friedman is a 13 CD collection with very limited distribution.


Date: ca. 1972
Location: LA
Label: Prestige

Gene Ammons (ldr), Cat Anderson, John Audino, Gene Goe, Reunald Jones (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell, Mike Wimberly, Britt Woodman (tb), David Duke, Henry Sigismonti (frh), John Johnson (tu), Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, Herman Riley, Ernie Watts (r), Gene Ammons, Red Holloway (ts), Dennis Budimir (g), Joe Sample (p), Bob Seravia (b), Candy Finch (d), Bob Norris (cng), Bobby Bryant (con)

a.   Free Again - 6:20 arr: Bobby Bryant
b.   What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life? - 4:37  (Michel LeGrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) / arr: Bobby Bryant
c.   Jackson - 5:30  (Billy Edd Wheeler, Gaby Rogers) / arr: Bobby Bryant
All titles on:      Prestige LP 12": PRLP 10040 — Free Again   (1972)

Date: ca. 1972
Location: LA
Label: Prestige

Gene Ammons (ldr), Al Aarons, Cat Anderson, John Audino, Buddy Childers, Gene Goe, Reunald Jones (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell, Mike Wimberly, Britt Woodman (tb), David Duke, Henry Sigismonti (frh), John Johnson (tu), Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, Herman Riley, Ernie Watts (r), Gene Ammons, Pete Christlieb (ts), Arthur Adams, Dennis Budimir (g), Dwight Dickerson (p), Bob Seravia (b), Chuck Rainey (eb), Paul Humphrey (d), Bobby Bryant (con)

a.   Crazy Mary - 4:50 arr: Bobby Bryant
b.   Fru Fru - 4:35  (Gene Ammons, Bobby Bryant) / arr: Bobby Bryant
c.   Jaggin' - 5:05  (Bobby Bryant) / arr: Bobby Bryant
All titles on:      Prestige LP 12": PRLP 10040 — Free Again   (1972)

Date: January 26, 1972
Location: Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: Temponic

Harry 'Sweets' Edison (t), Bill Prince (t, fh, cl), George Bohanon, Nick Di Maio, Benny Powell, Tom Shepard (tb), Plas Johnson (r), Amuel Albert, Joachim Chassman, Janice Gower, William Henderson, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Louis Kievman, Alex Koltun, Bob Konrad, William Kurasch, Marvin Limonick, Lou Raderman (vn), Ron Cooper, Janice Ehrlich, Marie Fera, Edgar Lustgarten (vc), Barney Kessel (g), Jimmy Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Paul Humphrey (d), Jack Arnold (per), Benny Carter (con), Ernestine Anderson, B.J. Baker, Bill Cole, Pat Henderson, Bill Lee, John Lehman, Gene Merlino, Loulie Jean Norman, Terry Stillwell, Bob Tebow, Jackie Ward, Joe Williams, Marnell Wright, Don Wyatt (v)

a.   God Bless You - 4:20  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic LP 12": TB 29561 — Joe Williams: With Love   
b.instr. version   God Bless You  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
c.   Taps For the Bravest  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
d.instr. version   Taps For the Bravest  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
e.   Jane  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
f.instr. version   Jane  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
All titles on:      Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   

Bill Prince (t) on d; (fh) on b; (cl) on f; Ernestine Anderson (v) on c; B.J. Baker (v) on e; Bill Cole (v) on e; Pat Henderson (v) on e; Bill Lee (v) on e; John Lehman (v) on e; Gene Merlino (v) on e; Loulie Jean Norman (v) on e; Terry Stillwell (v) on e; Bob Tebow (v) on e; Jackie Ward (v) on e; Joe Williams (v) on a; Marnell Wright (v) on e; Don Wyatt (v) on e.

The vocal ensemble was known as The Carter Chorale. The Music of Bob Friedman is a 13 CD collection with very limited distribution.


Date: February 9, 1972
Location: Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: Temponic

Cat Anderson, John Audino, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Gene Goe, Ray Triscari (t), Bill Prince (t, f), George Bohanon, Nick Di Maio, Benny Powell, Tom Shepard (tb), Bill Green, Plas Johnson, Jerome Richardson, Herman Riley, Marshal Royal (r), Barney Kessel (g), Jimmy Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Shelly Manne (d), Jack Arnold (per), Benny Carter (con), Ernestine Anderson, Mike Campbell, Gene Merlino, Joe Williams (v)

a.   Right Here In My Heart  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
b.   Sleepy Baby  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
c.   I'm a Lucky Guy - 2:58  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
     Temponic LP 12": TB 29561 — Joe Williams: With Love   
d.instr. version   I'm a Lucky Guy  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
e.   How Do I Love Thee  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
f.instr. version   How Do I Love Thee  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
g.   If  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
All titles on:      Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   

Bill Prince (t) on d; (f) on f; Ernestine Anderson (v) on a-b; Mike Campbell (v) on e; Gene Merlino (v) on g; Joe Williams (v) on c.

The Music of Bob Friedman is a 13 CD collection with very limited distribution.


Date: September 17, 1972
Location: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
Label: [private recording]

Roberta Flack, Quincy Jones (ldr), Al Aarons, Cat Anderson, Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Buddy Childers, Dizzy Gillespie (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell, Frank Rosolino, Maurice Spears (tb), Sidney Muldrow (frh), Tommy Johnson (tu), Toots Thielemans (h), Pete Christlieb, Bill Green, Fred Jackson, Ernie Watts (sax), Jerome Richardson (sax, f), Eric Gale, Terry Plumieri (g), Roberta Flack (p, v), Mike Wofford (p), Richard Tee (elp), Ray Brown (b), Chuck Rainey (eb), Rick Marotta, Grady Tate (d), Ralph MacDonald (per), Geraldine Jones, Marti McCall, Petsye Powell (bkv), Quincy Jones (dir)

a.   What's Going On  (Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland)
b.   Bluesette  (Toots Thielemans, Ivan Lins, Norman Gimbel)
c.   The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face  (Ewan MacColl)
d.   Ain't No Mountain High Enough  (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
e.   Somewhere  (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim)
f.   Theme From "Ironside"  (Quincy Jones)
g.   Brown Ballad  (Ray Brown)
h.   On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)  (Burton Lane, Alan Lerner)
i.   Killer Joe  (Benny Golson)
j.   Suzanne  (Leonard Cohen)
k.   Where Were You When I Needed You?  (Stevie Wonder)
l.   Lights Low  (Galt MacDermot)
m.   Walking In Space  (Galt MacDermot)
n.   Mr. Magic  (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
o.   Where Is the Love?  (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
p.   Boogie Stop Shuffle  (Charles Mingus)
q.   Inner City Blues  (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx, Jr.)
r.   Makes Me Wanna Holler  (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx, Jr., Federico Pena, Melvin Ragin, Shell Me)
s.   Do It To Me
All titles unissued.

Dizzy Gillespie (t) on f; Toots Thielemans (h) on b, g, i; Jerome Richardson (f) on i; Ray Brown (b) on l; Geraldine Jones (bkv) on a, i; Marti McCall (bkv) on a, i; Petsye Powell (bkv) on a, i; Roberta Flack (v) on a, c-e, h, j-o, q-s.

These are live performances of the Quincy Jones Orchestra and Roberta Flack and her band, sometimes together, with special guests, at the Monterey Jazz Festival. The personnel is collective. Flack's band was made up of Plumieri, MacDonald, Gale, Tee, Rainey and Marotta. The vocal trio was known as the "M & Ms." The information comes from Monterey Jazz Festival Archive Collection.


Date: March 28, 1973
Location: Annex Studio, LA
Label: Temponic

Conte Candoli, Buddy Childers, Harry 'Sweets' Edison (t), Bill Prince (t, as, cl), Gil Falco, Benny Powell, Tom Shepard, Britt Woodman (tb), David Duke, Gale Robinson (frh), Justin DiTullio, Bill Green (r), Janice Gower, William Henderson, Nathan Kaproff, Alex Koltun, Bob Konrad, Marvin Limonick, Henry Roth, Charles Veal (vn), Rollice Dale, Leonard Selic (vl), Ron Cooper, Alfred Lustgarten (vc), Joe Pass (g), Jimmy Rowles (p), Ray Brown (b), Jack Sperling (d), Jack Arnold (per), Benny Carter (con), Sue Allen, William Brown, Vangie Carmichael, Bill Cole, James Hass, Gwen Johnson, Tom Kenny, Bill Lee, John Lehman, Myrna Matthews, Gene Merlino, Candy Nash, Loulie Jean Norman, Bob Tebow, Jackie Ward, James Wheeler (v)

a.   Tender Loving Words  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
b.instr. version   Tender Loving Words  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
c.   When It's Time To Tell  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
d.instr. version   When It's Time To Tell  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
e.   That's Love  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
f.instr. version   That's Love  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
g.   How Could I Go On?  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
h.instr. version   How Could I Go On?  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
i.   Sleepy Baby  (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter
All titles on:      Temponic CD: Unnumbered — The Music of Bob Friedman   

Conte Candoli (t) on c-d; Bill Prince (t) on d, h; (as) on b; (cl) on f; Sue Allen (v) on a, c, e, g, i; William Brown (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Vangie Carmichael (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Bill Cole (v) on a, c, e, g, i; James Hass (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Gwen Johnson (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Tom Kenny (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Bill Lee (v) on a, c, e, g, i; John Lehman (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Myrna Matthews (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Gene Merlino (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Candy Nash (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Loulie Jean Norman (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Bob Tebow (v) on a, c, e, g, i; Jackie Ward (v) on a, c, e, g, i; James Wheeler (v) on a, c, e, g, i.

The vocal group is known as the Carter Chorale. The Music of Bob Friedman is a 13 CD collection with very limited distribution.


Date: May 21, 1973
Location: LA
Label: Blue Note

Jimmy Witherspoon (ldr), Thad Jones, Blue Mitchell, Melvin Moore, Ernie Royal (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (tb), Buddy Lucas (h), Delbert Hill, Don Menza, Seldon Powell (ts), Arthur Clark (bar), Cornell Dupree, Robben Ford, Freddie Robinson (g), Horace Ott (elp), Joe Sample (snt), Richard Tee (or), Chuck Rainey (eb), Bernard Purdie (d), Omar Clay, King Errison, Gene Estes (per), Hilda Harris, Barbara Massey, Ella Winston, Jimmy Witherspoon (v)

a.12892   Sign On the Building - 3:36  (Jimmy Witherspoon, Omari O'Conner)
     Blue Note 45: BNXW 716 Y   
b.12893   Spoonful - 3:20  (Willie Dixon)
c.12894   Big Boss Man - 3:23  (Luther Dixon, Al Smith)
d.12895   Inflation Blues - 4:26  (Jimmy Witherspoon)
e.12896   Pearly Whites - 5:33  (Jimmy Witherspoon, Steven Gold)
     Blue Note 45: BNXW 716 Y   
f.12897   Nothing's Changed - 5:34  (Frank Armstrong, Jimmy Vaughn)
All titles on:      Rhino CD: R2 71707 — Spoonful   (1994)
     United Artists (Eng.) LP 12": UAS 29573 — Spoonful   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84545 — Spoonful   (1975)
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA534-G — Spoonful   (1976)

Date: May 22, 1973
Location: LA
Label: Blue Note

Jimmy Witherspoon (ldr), Thad Jones, Blue Mitchell, Melvin Moore, Ernie Royal (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (tb), Buddy Lucas (h), Delbert Hill, Don Menza, Seldon Powell (ts), Arthur Clark (bar), Cornell Dupree, Robben Ford, Freddie Robinson (g), Horace Ott (elp), Joe Sample (snt), Richard Tee (or), Chuck Rainey (eb), Bernard Purdie (d), Omar Clay, King Errison, Gene Estes (per), Hilda Harris, Barbara Massey, Ella Winston, Jimmy Witherspoon (v)

a.12898   Gloomy Sunday - 3:45  (Reszo Seress, Laszlo Javor, Sam M. Lewis)
b.12899   Take Out Some Insurance - 3:07  (Jimmy Reed)
c.12900   Reds and Whiskey - 3:23  (Jimmy Witherspoon, Howard Scott)
d.12901   The Moon Is Rising - 2:33  (Jimmy Reed)
All titles on:      Rhino CD: R2 71707 — Spoonful   (1994)
     United Artists (Eng.) LP 12": UAS 29573 — Spoonful   
     Blue Note (Ger.) LP 12": BST 84545 — Spoonful   (1975)
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA534-G — Spoonful   (1976)

Date: ca. 1974
Location: RPM Studios, LA
Label: Crossover

Billy Brooks (ldr), Mike Artega, Bob Comden, Al Gottlieb (t), Michael J. Conlon (c), Buster Cooper, Al Hall, Jr., Ray Jackson, Benny Powell, Mihran Vartan (tb), Ken Sawhill (bt), Lonnie Shetter (as, f), John Steven (as), Tom Vigil (as, ts), Wilbur Brown, Herman Riley, Clifford Solomon (ts), Bill Carter (bar), Calvin Keyes, Jeff Lee (g), Larry Gales (b), Clarence Johnston (d)

a.   C.P. Time - 4:39  (Roger Spotts)
     Crossover LP 12": CR 9003 — Windows of the Mind   (1974)

Billy Brooks plays skoonum horn and various electronics on this session. Britt Woodman replaces Benny Powell on the rest of the tracks.


Date: March 5, 1974
Location: United Artists Studios, LA
Label: Blue Note

Moacir Santos (ldr), Steve Huffsteter (t, fh), Sidney Muldrow (fh), Benny Powell (tb), Morris Repass (bt), Jerome Richardson (ss, as, ts, bar, f), Ray Pizzi (as, ts, pic, f, bsn), Moacir Santos (as, bar), Lee Ritenour (g), Mark Levine (p), John Heard (b, eb), Harvey Mason (d), Mayuto Correa, Carmelo Garcia (per)

a.13961-3   Early Morning Love  (Y. Cotti, Moacir Santos) / arr: Moacir Santos
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5845 — New Directions of Blue Note: Blue Saudade Groove   (1993)
b.13962-6   Suk Cha  (Moacir Santos) / arr: Moacir Santos
c.13963-4   Kathy  (Moacir Santos) / arr: Moacir Santos
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5844 — New Directions of Blue Note: Blue Mellow Groove   (1993)
d.13964-3   Off and On  (Y. Cotti, Moacir Santos) / arr: Moacir Santos
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5846 — New Directions of Blue Note: Blue Bitter Groove   (1993)
e.13965-7   A Saudade Matta a Gente  (Antonio Almeida, Joao de Barro) / arr: Moacir Santos
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 5845 — New Directions of Blue Note: Blue Saudade Groove   (1993)
f.13966-4   What's My Name  (Moacir Santos, J. Livingston, Ray Evans) / arr: Moacir Santos
g.13967-2   Amphibious  (Moacir Santos) / arr: Moacir Santos
h.13968-11   This Life  (Y. Cotti, Moacir Santos) / arr: Moacir Santos
i.13969-11   The City of L.A.  (Mark Levine) / arr: Mark Levine
j.13970-3   Happly-Happy  (Moacir Santos, Benny Powell) / arr: Moacir Santos
All titles on:      Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 6289 — Saudade   (1998)
     Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: TOCJ 6718 — Saudade   (2006)
     Blue Note (Eng.) LP 12": B1 27206 — Saudade   
     Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA260-G — Saudade   (1974)

Several tracks have background vocals by Petsye Powell, Mike Campbell, Donald Alves, Jose Marino, Carmen Saveiros and Regina Werneck.


Date: May 11, 1974
Location: Aptos, CA
Label: Beez

Bill Berry (ldr), Conte Candoli, Gene Goe, Blue Mitchell, Jack Sheldon (t), Bill Berry (c), Tricky Sam Lofton, Britt Woodman (tb), Benny Powell (tb, bt), Bill Byrne, Marshal Royal (as), Teddy Edwards, Richie Kamuca (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar, cl), Herb Ellis (g), Dave Frishberg (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Jake Hanna (d)

a.   Doodle Oodle - 7:24  (Billy Byers) / arr: Billy Byers
b.   Betty - 2:46  (Bill Berry) / arr: Bill Berry
c.   Bloose - 12:09  (Bill Berry) / arr: Bill Berry
All titles on:      Beez LP 12": 1 — Hot & Happy: Bill Berry and the L.A. Band   

This is a live set of performances. Track a is a thinly disguised "There'll Be Some Changes Made." This track includes the band personnel introductions.


Date: August 2, 1974
Location: Concord, CA
Label: Beez

Bill Berry (ldr), Cat Anderson, Conte Candoli, Gene Goe, Blue Mitchell (t), Bill Berry (c), Tricky Sam Lofton, Britt Woodman (tb), Benny Powell (tb, bt), Bill Byrne, Marshal Royal (as), Teddy Edwards, Richie Kamuca (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar, cl), Herb Ellis (g), Dave Frishberg (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Jake Hanna (d)

a.   Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - 5:38  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) / arr: Gene Goe
b.   Easter Parade - 5:51  (Irving Berlin) / arr: Bill Berry
c.   Mutton Leg - 8:19  (Count Basie, Harry Edison) / arr: Billy Byers
d.   Rockin' In Rhythm - 5:11  (Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Irving Mills) / arr: Billy Byers
All titles on:      Beez LP 12": 1 — Hot & Happy: Bill Berry and the L.A. Band   

Herb Ellis (g) on b.

This was a live performance which both the Bruyninckx and Lord discographies indicate was recorded in Aptos, CA.


Date: July 29, 1975
Location: Burbank Studio, Burbank, CA
Label: [private recording]

Bill Holman (ldr), Larry Grant, Larry McGuire, Don Rader, Bill Stapleton (t), Blue Mitchell (t, fh), Bob Enevoldsen, Bob Fitzpatrick, Benny Powell, Jack Redmond (tb), Ray Reed, Joe Roccisano (ss, as), Bob Cooper, Tom Peterson (ts), John Kipp (bar), Carmen Mosier (g), Alan Broadbent (p, elp), Fred Atwood (b, eb), Nick Ceroli (d), Bill Holman (con)

a.   Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Respect To Sonny)  (Traditional, Bill Holman) / arr: Bill Holman
b.   So It Goes  (Bill Holman) / arr: Bill Holman
c.   A Separate Walking  (Bill Holman) / arr: Bill Holman
d.   Time Will Tell  (Joe Roccisano) / arr: Bill Holman
All titles unissued.

This session was a demo submitted to but never issued by the A&M/Horizon label. Bill Holman reports that track a is a version of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot influenced by the Sonny Rollins recording of this spiritual at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 6, 1974.


Date: ca. 1976
Location: LA
Label: Reprise

Maria Muldaur (ldr), Al Aarons (t), Benny Powell (tb), Howard Johnson (tu, bar), Jim Gordon (as, cl), Fred Jackson (ts), Amos Garrett, John Girton (g), James Booker (p), Michael Finnigan (p, or), Michael Moore (b), Earl Palmer (d), Victor Feldman (per), Maria Muldaur (v)

a.   I Can't Stand It - 3:37  (Smokey McAllister) / arr: Howard Johnson
b.   Lying Song - 4:07  (Kate McGarrigle)
Both titles on:      Wounded Bird CD: 2235 — Sweet Harmony/Open Your Eyes   (2003)
     Reprise LP 12": 2235 — Sweet Harmony   (1976)

Al Aarons (t) on a; Jim Gordon (as) on a; Fred Jackson (ts) on a; Howard Johnson (bar) on a; Amos Garrett (g) on a; John Girton (g) on a; Michael Finnigan (p) on a; (or) on a; Michael Moore (b) on a; Victor Feldman (per) on a.

The accompaniment on Lying Song is tuba, clarinet, trombone, drums and James Booker on piano.


Date: ca. 1976
Location: Studio City, CA
Label: RE/SE Records

Patty Weaver (ldr), Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young (t), John Bellow, Benny Powell, Jack Rains, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Vince DeRosa, Richard Perissi (frh), Harry Klee, Don Raffell (r), Arnold Belnick, Allan Harshman, George Kast, Jacob Krachmalnick, Ray Kramer, Assa Krori, David Montagu, David Schwartz, Fred Seykora, Gerald Vinci (str), Mundell Lowe, Allan Reuss (g), Pete Jolly (p), Bob Daugherty (b), Sol Gubin (d), Patty Weaver (v)

a.   I'm Beginning To See the Light  (Duke Ellington, Harry James, Don George, Johnny Hodges)
b.   I'll Never Say Never Again  (Harry Woods)
c.   Get Happy  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
d.   Why Did I Choose You  (L. Michael, M. H. Edward)
e.   Just In Time  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
f.   As Time Goes By  (Herman Hupfeld)
g.   Where Is Love?  (Lionel Bart)
h.   My Ship  (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin)
i.   Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year  (Frank Loesser)
j.   Someone To Watch Over Me  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
All titles on:      RE/SE Records LP 12": 1000 — Patty Weaver Sings "As Time Goes By"   

Date: ca. March 1976
Location: Coconut Grove, LA
Label: Impulse

Bobby 'Blue' Bland, B.B. King (ldr), Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (tb), Red Holloway (ts), Jerome Richardson (bar), Milton Hopkins, Johnny Jones, Ray Parker (g), B.B. King (g, v), Robert Anderson (p), James Toney (or), Rudy Aikels, Louis Villery (eb), Harold Potier, John Starks (d), Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Viola Johnson (v)

a.   Let The Good Times Roll - 5:40  (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) / arr: Johnny Pate
     MCA CD: MCAD4 10677 — King of the Blues   (1992)
     MCA CD: 11443 — How Blue Can You Get?: Classic Live Performances 1964-1994   (1996)
     MCA CD: 112410 — Anthology   (2000)
     Geffen CD: B000816102 — Bobby 'Blue' Bland: The Definitive Collection   (2007)
b.   Stormy Monday Blues - 3:00  (Billy Eckstine, Earl 'Fatha' Hines, Robert Crowder) / arr: Johnny Pate
c.   Strange Things Happen - 3:58  (Percy Mayfield) / arr: Johnny Pate
d.   Feel So Bad - 8:22  (Lightnin' Hopkins) / arr: Johnny Pate
e.   Mother-In-Law Blues - 3:00  (Don Robey) / arr: Johnny Pate
f.   Mean Old World - 5:40  (Walter Jacobs) / arr: Johnny Pate
g.   Everyday I Have the Blues - 3:58  (Peter Chatman) / arr: Johnny Pate
h.   The Thrill Is Gone - 12:35  (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins) / arr: Johnny Pate
i.   I Ain't Gonna Be the First To Cry - 0:20  (Mitch Bottler, Harvey Price, Dan Walsh) / arr: Johnny Pate
All titles on:      MCA CD: MCAD 27012 — Together Again...Live   (1990)
     Impulse LP 12": ASD 9317 — Together Again...Live   (1976)
     MCA LP 12": MCA 7012 — Together Again...Live   (1990)

b, c;   e, f;   h, i performed as medleys.


Date: April 20-23, July 13, 1976
Location: LA
Label: London (Eng.)

Ray Charles, Cleo Laine (ldr), Al Aarons, Bill Berry, Oscar Brashear, Buddy Childers, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Ray Triscari (t), Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson, Benny Powell, George Roberts, Britt Woodman (tb), Tommy Morgan (h), Bill Green, Plas Johnson, Bill Perkins, Jerome Richardson, Bud Shank (r), Gary Herbig, Bill Hood, Sam Most, Wilbur Schwartz, Ernie Watts (cl), John Morell, Roy Parker, Joe Pass, Lee Ritenour (g), Ray Charles (p, elp, cel, or, v), Victor Feldman, Ralph Grierson, Joe Sample, Paul Smith (p), Max Bennett, Chuck Berghofer, Chuck Domanico, Jim Hughart (b), Scotty Edwards (eb), Washington Rucker, Jimmie Smith (d), Larry Bunker, Alan Estes, Emil Radocchia, Jerry Williams (per), Frank DeVol (con), Cleo Laine (v)

a.   Summertime - 6:13  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
b.   My Man's Gone Now - 4:40  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 43215 2 — The Very Best of Cleo Laine   (1997)
c.   A Woman Is a Sometime Thing - 2:42  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
d.   They Pass By Singin' - 3:02  (George Gershwin) / arr: Frank DeVol
e.   What You Want Wid Bess - 2:22  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
f.   I Got Plenty O' Nuttin - 3:49  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
g.   Buzzard Song - 3:22  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
h.   Bess, You Is My Woman Now - 5:26  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 43215 2 — The Very Best of Cleo Laine   (1997)
i.   Oh, Doctor Jesus - 2:11  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
j.   Crab Man - 1:45  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
k.   Here Come De Honey Man - 1:23  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
l.   Strawberry Woman - 0:55  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
m.   Strawberry Woman - 1:17  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
n.   It Ain't Necessarily So - 4:15  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
o.   There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - 3:21  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
p.   I Loves You Porgy - 5:00  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
     RCA (BMG) (Sp.) CD: 74321 43215 2 — The Very Best of Cleo Laine   (1997)
q.   Bess Oh Where Is My Bess - 3:26  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
r.   Bess Oh Where Is My Bess - 3:34  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Frank DeVol
s.   Oh Lord, I'm On the Way - 3:18  (George Gershwin) / arr: Frank DeVol
All titles on:      RCA Victor CD: 1831-2-R — Porgy and Bess   (1990)
     London (Eng.) LP 12": D13D/12 — Porgy and Bess   
     RCA Victor LP 12": CLP2-1831 — Porgy and Bess   (1976)
     Classic Records/Jazz Planet LP 12": JP 1831-200g — Porgy and Bess   (2005)

The personnel is collective. A string section led by Gerald Vinci and Erno Neufeldt and a choir led by The Reverend James Cleveland are also present.


Date: ca. May 1976
Location: Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: ABC

John Mayall (ldr), Blue Mitchell (t), Benny Powell (tb), John Mayall (h, hrp, key, p, v), Johnny Almond (ts, f), Red Holloway (ts), Don 'Sugarcane' Harris (vn), Novi Novag (vl), Mike Cooley, Jon Mark (g), Rick Vito (g, v), Doug Bare (key, p, snt, or), Ronnie Barron (key, v), Jay Spell (key, elp, snt), Alex Dmochowski, Larry Gales, Lenny McDaniel, John McVie, Larry Taylor (b), Phil Despommier, Roy McCurdy, Soko Richardson (d), Buck Clarke (per), Dee McKinnie (v)

a.17012   Sunshine - 5:31  (John Mayall) / arr: John Mayall
     ABC-Paramount 45: 12216   
b.   You Can't Put Me Down - 3:24  (John Mayall) / arr: John Mayall
     MCA CD: 11787 — Drivin' On: The ABC Years (1975-1982)   (1998)
c.   I Got Somebody - 4:02  (John Mayall) / arr: John Mayall
d.17013   Turn Me Loose - 2:42  (John Mayall) / arr: John Mayall
     ABC-Paramount 45: 12216   
e.   Seven Days Too Long - 5:16  (John Mayall) / arr: John Mayall
     MCA CD: 11787 — Drivin' On: The ABC Years (1975-1982)   (1998)
f.   Table Top Girl - 3:57  (John Mayall) / arr: John Mayall
g.   Lady - 3:38  (John Mayall) / arr: John Mayall
     MCA CD: 11787 — Drivin' On: The ABC Years (1975-1982)   (1998)
h.   Fantasyland - 14:13  (John Mayall) / arr: John Mayall
All titles on:      One Way Records CD: 22075 — Banquet In Blues   (1993)
     ABC (Eng.) LP 12": ABCL 5187 — Banquet In Blues   
     ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABCD 958 — Banquet In Blues   (1976)

Part of this session was recorded at Total Experience Studios, Los Angeles, CA. The personnel is collective.


Date: June 29, 1976
Location: Newport Jazz Festival In New York, Carnegie Hall, NY
Label: [private recording]

Bob Wilber (ldr), Jimmy Maxwell, Bernie Privin, Dick Vance, Cootie Williams (t), Vic Dickenson, Jack Gale, John Gordon, Benny Powell (tb), Eddie Barefield, Kenny Davern, Johnny Mince, Bob Wilber (ww), Lawrence Lucie (g, bj), Cliff Smalls (p), George Duvivier (b), Bobby Rosengarden (d), Pug Horton (v)

a.   Old Man Blues  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
b.   Portrait Of the Lion  (Duke Ellington)
c.   Harlem Speaks  (Duke Ellington)
d.   Drop Me Off In Harlem  (Duke Ellington, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny)
e.   Merry Go Round  (Duke Ellington)
f.   It Don't Mean a Thing  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
g.   I'm Satisfied  (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish)
h.   I'm Checking Out Goombye  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
i.   Boy Meets Horn  (Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart, Irving Mills)
j.   Clarinet Lament  (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard)
k.   Lightnin'  (Duke Ellington)
l.   Slippery Horn  (Duke Ellington)
m.   Tootin' Through the Roof  (Duke Ellington)
n.   Ring Dem Bells - 2:54  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
o.   Echoes Of Harlem - 4:59  (Duke Ellington)
p.   The Sheik Of Araby  (Ted Snyder, Harry Smith, Francis Wheeler)
q.   Bundle Of Blues  (Duke Ellington)
r.   Ducky Wucky  (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard)
s.   Azure  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
t.   Unknown Title
u.   Unknown Title
v.   Drop Me Off In Harlem  (Duke Ellington, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny)
w.   In a Sentimental Mood  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz)
x.   Sophisticated Lady  (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)
y.   Solitude  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie De Lange)
z.   I Let a Song Go Out Of My Heart  (Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, John Redmond)
aa.   Caravan  (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
ab.   Prelude To a Kiss  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Irving Gordon)
ac.   Mood Indigo  (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills)
ad.   Stompy Jones  (Duke Ellington)
All titles unissued.

These are live performances of the New York Jazz Repertory Company from a program called Ellington Saga II. The personnel may be incomplete. Only 2 of these tracks have been auditioned. Cootie Williams is a guest soloist on track o. The information on this session comes from Larry Appelbaum of the Library of Congress.


Date: August 1, 1976
Location: Concord Jazz Festival, Concord, CA
Label: Concord Jazz

Bill Berry (ldr), Cat Anderson, Bill Berry, Gene Goe, Blue Mitchell (t), Jack Sheldon (t, v), Jimmy Cleveland, Tricky Sam Lofton, Benny Powell, Britt Woodman (tb), Lanny Morgan, Marshal Royal (as), Richie Kamuca, Don Menza (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar), Dave Frishberg (p), Monty Budwig (b), Frankie Capp (d), Ernestine Anderson (v)

a.   Hello Rev - 5:27  (Bill Berry)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
b.   Star Crossed Lovers - 5:45  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
c.   The Bink/And How - 11:12  (Bill Berry)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
d.   Earl - 3:15  (Richie Kamuca)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
e.   A Little Song For Mex - 2:54  (Bill Berry)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
f.   Be Your Own Best Friend - 1:37
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
g.   Tulip Or Turnip - 4:53  (Duke Ellington, Don George)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
h.   Boy Meets Horn - 4:02  (Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart, Irving Mills)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
i.   Cotton Tail - 6:54  (Duke Ellington)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4027 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1990)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ-27 — Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band: Hello Rev   (1977)
j.   Take the "A" Train - 2:12  (Billy Strayhorn)
     Concord Jazz CD: CCD 4054 — Live from Concord to London   (1991)
     Concord Jazz LP 12": CJ 54 — Live from Concord to London   (1978)

Ernestine Anderson (v) on j; Jack Sheldon (v) on f-g.

Be Your Own Best Friend is a rap with Jack Sheldon.


Date: September 17, 1976
Location: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
Label: [private recording]

Bill Berry (ldr), Cat Anderson, Gene Goe, Blue Mitchell, Jack Sheldon, Snooky Young (t), Bill Berry (t, dir), Clark Terry (fh), Jimmy Cleveland, Tricky Sam Lofton, Benny Powell, Britt Woodman (tb), Lanny Morgan, Marshal Royal (as), Russell Procope (as, cl), Richie Kamuca, Don Menza (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar), Mundell Lowe (g), Dave Frishberg (p), Monty Budwig (b), Frankie Capp (d), Benny Carter (dir)

a.   Doodle Oodle  (Billy Byers)
b.   Wrappin' It Up  (Fletcher Henderson)
c.   Christopher Columbus  (Andy Razaf, Leon Chu Berry)
d.   Big John Special  (Horace Henderson)
e.   King Porter Stomp  (Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton)
f.   Hello Rev  (Bill Berry)
g.   Lunceford Special  (Jimmy Lunceford)
h.   Margie  (Con Conrad, J. Russell Robinson, Benny Davis)
i.   Hi Spook  (Gerald Wilson)
j.   I'm Alone With You  (Bud Estes)
k.   Yard Dog Mazurka  (Gerald Wilson, Jimmy Lunceford, Roger Segure)
l.   Take the "A" Train  (Billy Strayhorn)
m.   Cotton Tail  (Duke Ellington)
n.   Warm Valley  (Duke Ellington)
o.   Boy Meets Horn  (Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart, Irving Mills)
p.   4:30 Blues  (Duke Ellington)
q.   Come Sunday  (Duke Ellington)
r.   Rockin' In Rhythm  (Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Irving Mills)
All titles unissued.

This ensemble is called the "Monterey Festival All Star Jazz Band" directed by Bill Berry and Benny Carter. It is not known with certainty that all of these performances, apparently tributes to the Ellington and Lunceford bands, took place on the same night of the Festival. Information comes from several sources including Monterey Jazz Festival Archive Collection.


Date: November 20, 1976
Location: The Village Recorder, LA
Label: Atlantic

Eddie Harris (ldr), Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young (t), George Bohanon, Garnett Brown, Grover Mitchell (tb), Benny Powell (bt), Buddy Collette, Bill Green (as), Jackie Kelso (John Kelson, Jr., Jack Kelson), Charles Owens (ts), Delbert Hill (bar), Ronald Muldrow (g), Eddie Harris (p, v), Cedar Walton (p), Bradley Bobo, Ron Carter (b), Billy Higgins, Paul Humphrey (d)

a.33201   How Can I Find Some Way To Tell You? - 5:33  (Eddie Harris, Bradley Bobo) / arr: Richard Evans
b.33203   How Can You Live Like That? - 5:32  (Eddie Harris) / arr: Richard Evans
c.33205   I'd Love To Take You Home - 3:36  (Ronald Muldrow, Sara Harris) / arr: Richard Evans
d.33208   Ambidextrous - 3:42  (Eddie Harris) / arr: Richard Evans
All titles on:      Collectables CD: COL-CD-6406 — Bad Luck Is All I Have/How Can You Live Like That?   (2000)
     Atlantic LP 12": SD 1698 — How Can You Live Like That?   (1977)

Eddie Harris (p) on a-b, d; Cedar Walton (p) on c; Bradley Bobo (b) on a-b, d; Ron Carter (b) on c; Billy Higgins (d) on c; Paul Humphrey (d) on a-b, d.

Benny Powell does not appear on the remaining tracks recorded at this session.


Date: Probably 1977
Location: Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA
Label: Arista

Norman Connors (ldr), Oscar Brashear, Ray Brown, Charles Moore, Shunzo Ono, Nolan Smith, Jr. (t), George Bohanon, Garnett Brown, Lew McCreary, Benny Powell, George Thatcher (tb), James Atkinson, Sidney Muldrow (frh), Earle Dulmer, Bill Green, Terry Harrington, David Ii, Fred Jackson, Jr., Ernie Watts (r), Gary Bartz (ss, as), Ralph 'Buzzy' Jones (ss), Pharoah Sanders (ts), Elmira Collins (vib, mar, per), Charles Fearing, Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, David T. Walker (g), Wah Wah Watson (g, con), Jacques Burvick (key, con), Ronnie Coleman, Richard Cummings, Richard Tee (key), Bobby Lyle (key, p), Billy McCoy (key, snt), Michael Boddicker (snt), Ben Adkins, Eddie Watkins (b), Norman Connors (d, per, tmp, con, v), James Gadson (d), Petro Bass (per), Kenneth Nash (per, bo, cng), Eddie 'Bongo' Brown (bo), Dwight Brewster, McKinley Jackson, Paul Riser (con), Jean Carn, Eleanor Mills, James Robinson (v)

a.   Stella - 3:17  (Paul Smith) / arr: McKinley Jackson
b.   This Is Your Life - 4:13  (Jimmy Webb) / arr: Paul Riser
c.   Wouldn't You Like To See - 3:40  (Benjamin Adkins, Joel Scott) / arr: McKinley Jackson
d.   Listen - 3:51  (Paul Smith) / arr: McKinley Jackson
e.   Say You Love Me - 4:36  (Hakeem A. Waheed) / arr: McKinley Jackson
f.   Captain Connors - 3:16  (Norman Connors) / arr: Dwight Brewster, Norman Connors, Wah Wah Watson
g.   You Make Me Feel Brand New - 5:45  (Thomas Bell, Linda Creed Epstein) / arr: McKinley Jackson
h.   Butterfly - 4:58  (Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin) / arr: Jacques Burvick
i.   The Creator Has a Master Plan - 7:58  (Pharoah Sanders, Leon Thomas) / arr: Norman Connors
All titles on:      Sequel CD: NEM 637 — This Is Your Life   (1994)
     Kama Sutra CD: 5715 — This Is Your Life   (1995)
     Arista LP 12": 4177 — This Is Your Life   (1977)
     Buddah LP 12": 4053 — This Is Your Life   (1978)
     Phonogram (Jpn.) LP 12": RJ 7387 — This Is Your Life   (1978)

Gary Bartz (ss) on a-h; (as) on a-h; Pharoah Sanders (ts) on i; Ben Adkins (b) on c; Eddie Watkins (b) on a-b, d-i; Eddie 'Bongo' Brown (bo) on e; Dwight Brewster (con) on f; Jacques Burvick (con) on h; Norman Connors (con) on f, i; McKinley Jackson (con) on a, c-e, g; Paul Riser (con) on b; Wah Wah Watson (con) on f.

A string section with Harry Bluestone concertmaster is also present. These tracks were probably recorded at several sessions and the personnel is collective. The core ensemble ("Starship Orchestra") is made up of Jones, Ono, McCoy, Cummings, Bass, Robinson, Mills and Connors. No recording date(s) is(are) given on Arista 4177.


Date: ca. 1978
Location: Fantasy Studios, Wally Heider Studio 3, Berkeley, Hollywood, CA
Label: Prestige

Bill Summers (ldr), Oscar Brashear, Ray Brown, Jerry Hey (t), George Bohanon, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Benny Powell (tb), Bill Green, Ernie Watts (r), Bill Summers (f, per, bkv, v), Ray Obiedo (g), John Barnes (key), Fred Washington (b), Ndugu Chancler (d, v), Darryl Munyungo Jackson (d, tim, bkv), Maxine 'Maxi' Anderson, Pattie Brooks, Josie James, Petsye Powell (bkv), Virginia Ayers, Leo Miller (bkv, v)

a.   Woo Me Baby - 3:55  (Bill Summers)
b.   Your Love - 4:39  (Bill Summers, George "Jazzbeau" Spencer)
c.   Love, Not My Life - 3:53  (George "Jazzbeau" Spencer, Virginia Ayers)
d.   Olodo - 3:20  (Bill Summers)
e.   Straight To the Bank - 3:38  (Bill Summers, Leo Miller, Ndugu Chancler, Fred Washington)
f.   Creepy Crawlers/Landing and Visit - 4:58  (Bill Summers)
g.   It's On My Mind - 4:38  (Ray Obiedo, Leo Miller)
h.   El Barrio - 5:39  (Bill Summers, Ray Obiedo, Darryl Munyungo Jackson)
i.   All I Want - 4:43  (Leo Miller, Fred Washington)
j.   Creepy Crawlers/Exit - 0:23  (Bill Summers)
All titles on:      Prestige LP 12": P 10105 — Bill Summers and Summers Heat - Straight To the Bank   (1978)

Bill Summers (f) on b; (bkv) on d-f, j; (v) on d, f, j; Ndugu Chancler (d) on a-c, e, g, i; (v) on f, j; Virginia Ayers (bkv) on c, e; Darryl Munyungo Jackson (bkv) on f, j; Leo Miller (bkv) on e.

It is not known if these tracks were recorded at only one or at several sessions. A string section is also present arranged by John Barnes. Horns are arranged by Reggie Andrews, Willie Mullings and Charles Mims. Rhythm is arranged by Leon Ndugu Chancler and Bill Summers. Synthesizer programming is by Bob Robitaille. The core ensemble is called "Summers Heat" (Summers, Miller, Ayers, Obiedo, Washington, Jackson). Music coordinator is George 'Jazzbeau' Spencer.


Date: September 15, 1978
Location: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
Label: [private recording]

Grover Mitchell (ldr), Al Aarons, Ray Brown, Mike Price, Frank Szabo (t), Jimmy Cheatham, Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell, Phil Ranlin (tb), Buddy Collette, Fred Jackson, Jackie Kelso (John Kelson, Jr., Jack Kelson), Charles Owens, John Stephens (sax), Jeannie Cheatham (p), Red Callender (b), Duffy Jackson (d)

a.   Big Stuff  (Ernie Wilkins) / arr: Grover Mitchell
b.   Big Nose (Big Noze)  (Grover Mitchell) / arr: Grover Mitchell
c.   In a Mellow Tone  (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) / arr: Grover Mitchell
d.   Desert Flower  (Grover Mitchell) / arr: Grover Mitchell
e.   Song For Mary  (Grover Mitchell) / arr: Grover Mitchell
f.   Basie Power  (Ernie Wilkins) / arr: Grover Mitchell
g.   Slats  (Grover Mitchell) / arr: Grover Mitchell
h.   Ms. Cool  (Grover Mitchell) / arr: Grover Mitchell
All titles unissued.

The ensemble is called "Grover Mitchell & Groove." These were live performances at the Monterey Jazz Festival. The information comes from Monterey Jazz Festival Archive Collection.


Date: September 20, 1978
Location: Carnegie Hall, NY
Label: Sutra

Lionel Hampton (ldr), Cat Anderson, Doc Cheatham (t), Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman (t, fh), Eddie Bert, John Gordon, Benny Powell (tb), Charles McPherson (as), Earle Warren (as, cl, f), Arnett Cobb, Paul Moen (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Bob Wilber (cl), Lionel Hampton (vib, p, d, v), Billy Mackel (g), Ray Bryant, Teddy Wilson (p), Chubby Jackson (b), Panama Francis (d)

a.   On the Sunny Side Of the Street - 4:39  (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: 32JD-10059 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: EJD 3049 — At Newport '78   (1989)
     Timeless (Du.) CD: SJPCD 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1989)
     Half Note CD: 4201-2 — Lionel Hampton - 50th Anniversary Concert   (1999)
     Sutra LP 12": SU 21006 — 50th Anniversary Concert/Live at Carnegie Hall   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 25PJ-4 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 20PJ-27 — At Newport '78   
     Timeless (Du.) LP 12": SJP 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1979)
b.   Hamp's the Champ - 10:12  (Lionel Hampton)
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: 32JD-10059 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: EJD 3049 — At Newport '78   (1989)
     Timeless (Du.) CD: SJPCD 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1989)
     Half Note CD: 4201-2 — Lionel Hampton - 50th Anniversary Concert   (1999)
     Sutra LP 12": SU 21006 — 50th Anniversary Concert/Live at Carnegie Hall   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 25PJ-4 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 20PJ-27 — At Newport '78   
     Timeless (Du.) LP 12": SJP 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1979)
c.   Stompin' At the Savoy - 4:50  (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb)
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: 32JD-10059 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: EJD 3049 — At Newport '78   (1989)
     Timeless (Du.) CD: SJPCD 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1989)
     Half Note CD: 4201-2 — Lionel Hampton - 50th Anniversary Concert   (1999)
     Sutra LP 12": SU 21006 — 50th Anniversary Concert/Live at Carnegie Hall   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 25PJ-4 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 20PJ-27 — At Newport '78   
     Timeless (Du.) LP 12": SJP 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1979)
d.   Flying Home - 10:45  (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman)
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: 32JD-10059 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: EJD 3049 — At Newport '78   (1989)
     Timeless (Du.) CD: SJPCD 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1989)
     Half Note CD: 4201-2 — Lionel Hampton - 50th Anniversary Concert   (1999)
     Sutra LP 12": SU 21006 — 50th Anniversary Concert/Live at Carnegie Hall   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 25PJ-4 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 20PJ-27 — At Newport '78   
     Timeless (Du.) LP 12": SJP 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1979)
e.   Hamp's Boogie Woogie - 7:07  (Lionel Hampton)
     Half Note CD: 4201-2 — Lionel Hampton - 50th Anniversary Concert   (1999)
     Sutra LP 12": SU 21006 — 50th Anniversary Concert/Live at Carnegie Hall   
f.   I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - 4:51  (Doc Dougherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al J. Neiburg)
     Half Note CD: 4201-2 — Lionel Hampton - 50th Anniversary Concert   (1999)
     Sutra LP 12": SU 21006 — 50th Anniversary Concert/Live at Carnegie Hall   
g.   Carnegie Hall Blues
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: 32JD-10059 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) CD: EJD 3049 — At Newport '78   (1989)
     Timeless (Du.) CD: SJPCD 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1989)
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 25PJ-4 — At Newport '78   
     Philips (Jpn.) LP 12": 20PJ-27 — At Newport '78   
     Timeless (Du.) LP 12": SJP 142 — Lionel Hampton All Star Band at Newport 1978   (1979)

Bob Wilber (cl) on d; Ray Bryant (p) on a-c, e-g; Lionel Hampton (p) on e; (d) on e; (v) on a, e-f; Teddy Wilson (p) on d.

Some sources give a recording date of July 1, 1978 for this concert. Several selections were performed at this concert involving a small ensemble of which Benny Powell was not a part.


Date: October-December, 1978
Location: NY
Label: Columbia

Hubert Laws (ldr), Oscar Brashear, Ray Brown, Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell, Maurice Spears (tb), Ronnie Laws (r), Hubert Laws (f), Arnold Belnick, Bonnie Douglas, Janice Dower, Endre Granat, Sandy Seymour, Paul Shure, Robert Sushel, Marcia Van Dyke, Dorothy Wade (str), Ron Cooper, Raymond Kelly, Nils Oliver (vc), Roland Bautista (g), Patrice Rushen (p), Larry Dunn (snt), James Jameson (b), Ndugu Chancler (d), Victor Feldman (per), Blanch Laws, Debra Laws, Eloise Laws, Johnny Laws (v)

a.   Music Forever - 5:13  (Hubert Laws)
b.   We're In Ecstasy - 7:07  (Hubert Laws)
c.   The Key - 6:55  (Hubert Laws)
All titles on:      Columbia LP 12": JC 35708 — Land of Passion   (1979)
     CBS (Jpn.) LP 10": 25AP-1005 — Land of Passion   

Date: ca. 1979
Location: LA
Label: Los Angeles Records

Benny Powell (ldr), Jerry Rusch (t, fh), Benny Powell (tb), Frank Morgan (as), Herman Riley (ts), Brenton Banks (vn), Craig McMullen, John Rowin (g), Dwight Dickerson (p), Larry Nash (elp, snt), Henry Franklin, John T. Williams (b), Wilton Felder, Byron Miller (eb), Ndugu Chancler, James Gadson, Billy Higgins (d), Joe Clayton, Moacir Santos (per), Muumba (cng), Petsye Powell (v)

a.   Let Me Sing To You My Song Of Jazz - 2:17  (Benny Powell, Frank Foster)
b.   Thumbs Up - 5:12  (Larry Nash)
c.   Maybe This Morning - 5:11  (Benny Powell)
d.   All Turned Around - 2:57  (Benny Powell)
e.   Don't You Hurt Me - 5:40  (Benny Powell)
f.   I Tried and Tried - 12:04  (Petsye Powell)
g.   The You In Me - 6:41  (Benny Powell)
All titles on:      Los Angeles Records LP 12": LAPR 1007 — Ya Betcha B.P.!!   (1979)

Dwight Dickerson (p) on f; Henry Franklin (b) on f; Billy Higgins (d) on f; Muumba (cng) on f; Petsye Powell (v) on d-e, g.


Date: ca. 1979
Location: ABC Studios, LA
Label: A&M

Rockie Robbins (ldr), Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young (t), Garnett Brown, Lew McCreary, Benny Powell (tb), David Duke, Sidney Muldrow (frh), Jerome Richardson (sax, f), Fred Saxon, Jr. (ts), Bill Green (bar), Gerald Vinci (vn), Greg Crockett, Danny Leake, Ross Traut (g), Denzil Miller, Ricky Peterson, Linda Williams (key), Larry Ball (b), James Gadson, Paul Humphrey (d), Paulinho Da Costa (per), Jynean Denise Bell, Jo Ann Brown-El, Mattie Butler, Bernadene Davis, Joyce Faison, Alice Sanderson, Francine Smith, Lillian M. Tynes, Cynthia White (bkv), Rockie Robbins (v)

a.   Funk Street - 4:14  (Rockie Robbins) / arr: Richard Evans, Johnny Pate
b.   When I Think of You - 4:30  (Rockie Robbins) / arr: Richard Evans, Johnny Pate
Both titles on:      Universal (Jpn.) CD: UICY 3343 — Rockie Robbins   (2002)
     A&M LP 12": SP 4758 — Rockie Robbins   (1979)

An unidentified string section is also present on this session.


Date: July 8, 1979
Location: Orange, France
Label: Glad Hamp

Lionel Hampton (ldr), Cat Anderson, Wallace Davenport, Joe Newman, Roy Roman (t), Curtis Fuller, Benny Powell, Kai Winding (tb), Arnett Cobb, Paul Jeffrey, Paul Moen, Cecil Payne, Ernie Wilkins (r), Lionel Hampton (vib, v), Zeke Mullins (p), Chubby Jackson (b), Oliver Jackson (d), Sam Turner (per)

a.   Sweethearts On Parade - 7:18  (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
     Glad Hamp LP 12": GHS-1024 — Ambassador At Large   (1984)

Date: August 14, 1979
Location: Hollywood, CA
Label: Pablo

Zoot Sims (ldr), Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Earl Gardner (t), J. J. Johnson, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell, Britt Woodman (tb), Marshal Royal (as), Frank Wess (as, f), Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Zoot Sims (ts), John Collins (g), Jimmy Rowles (p), Andy Simpkins (b), Grady Tate (d), Benny Carter (con)

a.   It Don't Mean a Thing - 5:02  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) / arr: Benny Carter
b.   In a Mellow Tone - 2:58  (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) / arr: Benny Carter
c.   I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - 4:47  (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) / arr: Benny Carter
d.   I Let a Song Go Out Of My Heart - 2:58  (Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, John Redmond) / arr: Benny Carter
e.   Black Butterfly - 3:51  (Duke Ellington, B. Carruthers) / arr: Benny Carter
All titles on:      Pablo CD: OJCCD-939-2 — Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington   (1997)
     Pablo LP 12": 2312-120 — Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington   (1980)

Frank Wess (f) on a.


Date: ca. 1980
Location: LA
Label: Columbia

Hubert Laws (ldr), Ray Brown, Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell, Maurice Spears (tb), Bill Draper (cl), Hubert Laws (pic, f), Mari Twummura Botnick, Thomas Buffum, Assa Drori, Barbara Durant, Franklin Foster, Janice Grover, Rhonni Joanne Hallnan, William Henderson, Linda Rose, Haim Shtrum, Carroll Stephens (vn), Larry Corbett, Nina De Vertich, Earl Madison (vc), Woody Onaje Murray (vib), Earl Klugh (g), Chick Corea (p), Bobby Lyle (elp), Nathan East (b), Ndugu Chancler (d), Timm Boatman (per)

a.   Ravel's Bolero - 8:42  (Maurice Ravel) / arr: Hubert Laws
     Columbia LP 12": JC 36396 — Family   (1980)

Date: ca. 1980
Location: LA
Label: Columbia

Hubert Laws (ldr), Ray Brown, Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell, Maurice Spears (tb), Hubert Laws (f), Mari Twummura Botnick, Thomas Buffum, Assa Drori, Barbara Durant, Franklin Foster, Janice Grover, Rhonni Joanne Hallnan, William Henderson, Linda Rose, Haim Shtrum, Carroll Stephens (vn), Larry Corbett, Nina De Vertich, Earl Madison (vc), Bobby Lyle (elp), Nathan East (b), Ndugu Chancler (d)

a.   What A Night - 8:29  (Hubert Laws) / arr: Hubert Laws
     Columbia LP 12": JC 36396 — Family   (1980)

Date: ca. 1980
Location: LA
Label: Columbia

Hubert Laws (ldr), Ray Brown, Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell, Maurice Spears (tb), Hubert Laws (f), Mari Twummura Botnick, Thomas Buffum, Assa Drori, Barbara Durant, Franklin Foster, Janice Grover, Rhonni Joanne Hallnan, William Henderson, Linda Rose, Haim Shtrum, Carroll Stephens (vn), Larry Corbett, Nina De Vertich, Earl Madison (vc), Earl Klugh (g), Chick Corea (p), Bobby Lyle (elp), Nathan East (b), Ndugu Chancler (d)

a.   Memory of Minnie Ripperton - 7:09  (Hubert Laws) / arr: Hubert Laws
     Columbia LP 12": JC 36396 — Family   (1980)

Date: July 9, 1980
Location: Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
Label: [private recording]

Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Joe Newman (t), Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal (as), Billy Mitchell, Buddy Tate (ts), Nat Pierce (p), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (d), Joe Williams (v)

a.   Little Pony - 6:55  (Neal Hefti)
b.   Polka Dots and Moonbeams - 5:02  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
c.   Joe's Blues - 9:04  (Joe Newman)
d.   Sent For You Yesterday - 3:10  (Ed Durham, Jimmy Rushing)
e.   Rocks In My Bed - 5:52  (Duke Ellington)
All titles unissued.

Benny Powell (tb) on c-e; Joe Williams (v) on c-e.

This was a "Tribute To Count Basie" by the "Basie Alumni."


Back to Benny Powell page at Noal Cohen's Jazz History Website